Not fun to be sick
For the first time, Reese felt sick. He had fever for 2 days (on and off). We took him to his Paediatrician and was told that he got a little ear and throat infection. He was put on antibiotics and fever syrup. He was told to take 5ml (antibiotics) , twice a day for 5 days. Fever syrup whenever there is a fever.
The nightmare began. Being a new mother, giving him medication proved to be super challenging! First time, I force fed him. He choked and vomited. I was so heart broken, cause he was choking very badly and crying at the same time. My fault, cause I was a little impatient and didn't know the right technique. Poor boy!The next day, introduction to antibiotics... tried to spoon feed him, failed and he vomited. Then tried to mix it in his food. He cried and didn't want to eat because he immediately tasted the difference. Poor boy, he refuse to take anything after that (trauma). The whole day, only had 3 oz of milk and a bit of cereal and vege/fish.
Then on Saturday, fed him medication successfully. It took 3 adults to do that. Maid carried and restrained him while I fed him the medication. Then immediately hubby blew some bubbles to stop him from crying and in a way to distract him. It worked! So Saturday was good. He played as usual and slept alot. Sunday morning was good too but later in the day, he developed a rash on his body! We got scared and took him to a doctor. The doctor was... well.. not much of a help but at least we knew it was not measles. Phew.....
This morning, the rash was mostly gone. I just called Dr. Yong and still waiting for him to call me back regarding the continuation of the medication. :) I really don't feel like giving him the antibiotics... he seems to be well, but then again, I am no doctor.
He is still a little whiny and very manja....
For the first time, Reese felt sick. He had fever for 2 days (on and off). We took him to his Paediatrician and was told that he got a little ear and throat infection. He was put on antibiotics and fever syrup. He was told to take 5ml (antibiotics) , twice a day for 5 days. Fever syrup whenever there is a fever.
The nightmare began. Being a new mother, giving him medication proved to be super challenging! First time, I force fed him. He choked and vomited. I was so heart broken, cause he was choking very badly and crying at the same time. My fault, cause I was a little impatient and didn't know the right technique. Poor boy!The next day, introduction to antibiotics... tried to spoon feed him, failed and he vomited. Then tried to mix it in his food. He cried and didn't want to eat because he immediately tasted the difference. Poor boy, he refuse to take anything after that (trauma). The whole day, only had 3 oz of milk and a bit of cereal and vege/fish.
Then on Saturday, fed him medication successfully. It took 3 adults to do that. Maid carried and restrained him while I fed him the medication. Then immediately hubby blew some bubbles to stop him from crying and in a way to distract him. It worked! So Saturday was good. He played as usual and slept alot. Sunday morning was good too but later in the day, he developed a rash on his body! We got scared and took him to a doctor. The doctor was... well.. not much of a help but at least we knew it was not measles. Phew.....
This morning, the rash was mostly gone. I just called Dr. Yong and still waiting for him to call me back regarding the continuation of the medication. :) I really don't feel like giving him the antibiotics... he seems to be well, but then again, I am no doctor.
He is still a little whiny and very manja....
1 comment:
oh...i can totally understand ur challenge in feeding him medicine. I faced the same challenge too while darren was sick. It was so heartbreaking everytime we got to feed him medicine.
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