Post Bali: Bali Belly

I think Zaky has fallen prey to the Bali Belly. He made a run for the toilet right after we landed. Thank God that it wasnt on the plane; imagine having the runs in that tiny shaky plane toilet and having to watch him in that same toilet. Arrggghhh.

We fed him a dose of paracetamol at the airport. At 4am, he had another run and was yelling at a sleepy mummy to help him clean up after that. He measured 39.6 and I gave him a dose of bufen. In the morning, he started running for the toilet. I panicked when his temperature climbed to 40.2. Uncle C advised a visit to the doctor and plenty of fluids + isotonic drink.

The doctor said that he had a bloated tummy and likely to be suffering from a stomach flu + viral fever. We also had to observe him for dengue fever; a tell tale would be a fever that wouldn't come down even with medication.

Zaky came home with so much medicines. He had no appetite and was super tired. He had a 3-hour nap while Lil Shauna was an energizer bunny. She was so bored and even accompanied me to color my hair. I needed the colouring badly. I looked hideous!

She was happily reading her book and my blog while waiting. She is finally old enough to read my blog and wanted to start reading the posts since 2008!

After a 2-hour treatment at the salon, I looked human again. This morning with Lil Shauna.

Zaky was tired despite the 3-hour nap and asked to go to bed at 7pm. I thought it was the Bali Belly only to be assured that it was normal by Auntie H; her 2 girls were tired and took long naps too. That must explained why I was so tired too. Lol. I took a nap at 7pm with the boy, waking up at 10pm to put on a mask and watch some K drama. Woohoo!

The boy is definitely feeling better. His appetite is picking up and is now interested in the iPad as compared to yday. His fever also broke and I now don't have to worry about dengue fever.

The Bali trip had been fantastic. Whatever that we had planned did happen to a certain degree. The company was superb; the kids played well most of the time. We had no complaints about the accommodation. The villa was big enough to accommodate all of us; it was well maintained too. Hard Rock was fantastic. I loved how all the staff were always smiling and it was indeed very Hard Rock feel with all the decorations everywhere in the hotel. The pool was so much fun for the kids. No regrets at all. We all had so much fun that nobody wanted to come home; we should have made it a 10-day holiday instead. Lol.

Uncle C was the official photographer for the trip. He was so good that we barely whipped out our phone for pictures during the trip. I had so much choice of pictures to do my blogging. I now only have to fret about sorting so many pictures. Hehe.

I looked forward to another holiday with the group though it may be a long time from now; the Chan and Liow families are all going away for a while. I love holidays with good company.

Mummy Lim