A tiring week

Last Friday, we brought our firstborn to GP as she was having runny nose and cough with occasional tearing in her eyes. Diagnosed as sinus infection. Soon after, she developed high fever and vomited.

The number that every parents dread seeing

My poor baby resting on the bed

On Tuesday, the secondborn was having high fever for 2 days and did not have any appetite (he rejected his favourite milk too). Went to kkh, high fever at 39.9 degree and went straight to observation room. As he has history of seizure before, the staff have to ensure that his fever subsided and no recurrence of seizure before we could go home.

Traumatized baby on the bed in observation room

Then on Thursday, my hubs caught the nasty virus from the kids and was down with high fever. Went to the GP in the morning and took the medicine and rested for the entire day. Fever never came down and he felt very uncomfortable with the severe headache that developed with the high temperature. Accompanied him to Khoo Teck Puat Hospital in the evening after tucking the kids to bed. Had to wait for 2 hours before our number was finally called. His temperature was 39.9 degree when we reached but we were not given priority (the difference between adults and kids). I asked the nurse at triage if he could be given medicine to ease his severe headache while we waited for our turn but we were denied of the medicine. No priority, no medication (do we look like we would love to come to A&E if we did not feel that this require immediate attention?) Finally, number called and seen the doctor. And the doctor was surprised that we waited for 2 hours! Ended up he had to do blood tests and went on drip for the next hour plus.

Blood test results cleared, fever subsided and we went home at 2 plus in the middle of the night. Slept at 3am and woke up at 7am for work the next morning. My boy woke up after I came out from the shower and blood came flowing down from his nose! I had a shock as he did not knock onto anything the night before or when he woke up. I had to calm him down first and stop the bleeding.

Then the next morning, the same thing happened again! He woke up and his nose started to bleed! My hubs and I were very worried and we called the PD and brought him down to the clinic. PD advise that his nose is very sensitive and congested, thus causing the blood artery in his nose to burst when he rub his nose due to irritation / itchiness. Hmmm.... did we over-reacted? I'm certain that any parents who saw that scene would be horrified! Anyway I am glad that there is no serious complication behind the nose bleeding.

It has been a tiring week with the nasty virus passing around that caused various trips to clinics & hospitals and juggling the busy work schedule at the same time.

I am sooooooo glad that everyone is well now. To the nasty virus, please stay away from my family! I hope that everyone will be blessed with good health!