Sick again!

Just as we thought that our little one is well enough to go back to school, she fell sick again!

It's exasperating! She started to have fever last Saturday night. The fever subsided then came back. We brought her to Dr Chin on Monday. Then yesterday afternoon, her fever came back again at 38.8 degrees.

I was woken up by Mom at around 1am this morning as Tessa was running a high fever. I measured her temperature and it was 39 degrees. I quickly fed her ibuprofen. So today, we were at Dr Chong's clinic again.

Although she was sick, Tessa was still very alert and lively. She sat on the chair on her own and when Dr Chong asked her what's wrong with her, she replied: "Running nose. Fever. Cough." She played the part of the obedient patient -opening her mouth wide for Dr Chong to check, sat still so that Dr Chong can listen to her with the stethoscope, and listened attentively when Dr Chong told her that she has to drink more water. When Dr Chong said that she wants to weigh her, she immediately got off her chair and walked to the weighing machine!

We will have to monitor her temperature and to feed her paracetamol whenever necessary. More importantly is to treat her nose so that she can sleep better and stop her coughing. Dr Chong advised to keep her at home for the time being since HFMD was rampant in the school. Now that her immunity is low, we do not want to risk exposing her to other strains of the nasty virus.

We really have to thank Yeye and Mahmah for staying up through the night without sleep to take care of Tessa. I know it has been tough on you both. We love you.