It all started on Thursday night. While we are on our way home to Sengkang, Mommy commented that Tessa felt a little feverish. We did not think much of it as the little one is still extremely active.
Friday passed with her temperature slightly elevated, but we still did not think much into it. As the night approaches, Tessa got hotter and hotter to the touch. But she refused to let us measure her temperature so we did not know how high it was.
Mommy had to be at some teambuilding event on Saturday, but Tessa's fever exploded. We fed her paracetamol and the fever came down only to go up again 2 hours later. This made us really concerned. But the little one was still very energetic.
Came Sunday and Tessa's temperature was still yoyo-ing. So we brought her to the GP near to our home. The silly doctor checked her throat and said her throat was clear. But he still prescribed her Augmentin (anti-biotics). I asked him why and he said because it is likely a case of viral fever turned into bacteria caused fever. Sounds a tad unbelievable huh? In my head, I have already decided that I am NOT feeding my daughter anti-biotics unless it is confirmed that she has bacteria infection! What a doctor! And the consultation and drugs cost a whopping $50!
Despite the constant 6-hourly feeds of paracetamol, Tessa's fever did not come down permanently. On Monday early morning at around 3am, Mommy, Ah Gong and Ah Mah decided to send her in to NUH's Children's Emergency. Just in case....
Tessa has quite a traumatizing experience there I suppose. She was crying and screaming, even when all the doctor wanted to do was to listen to her with the stethoscope. Finally, the doctor asked us to go back home instead of staying there, and continue to monitor her temperature. We are to collect her urine specimen to test for urinary tract infection. Dr Diana at the CEMD told us that fortunately we did not start the course of anti-biotics, if not it'll be harder to find out what's wrong. Moreover, the dosage advised by the GP was far too high for Tessa! Can you believe that GP?
Monday afternoon we went back to NUH again. Urine FEME results showed that Tessa did not have UTI, so it is likely to be viral fever. Thus, all we can do is try our best to keep her fever down.
Last night, we had to rush down to Dr Chong because Tessa developed rashes all over her body. It scared us quite a bit. It turned out that it is a case of fake measles which will usually occur after viral fever, when the temperature started to come down. *Phew*
Tessa is currently still a little warm, but her fever is now kept below 38 degrees. So it is good news for all of us.
It has been very tough on Ah Mah and Ah Gong. Poor them. Losing sleep and worrying hard for the little one. Many many thanks, hugs and kisses to them.
