Not Hives?

Zaky has a history of allergy to tree nuts and eczema. He broke out in hives when I allowed him to lick my peanut butter sandwich when he was a toddler. Yay, silly mummy. Then we had to rush him to A&E when I gave him a small piece of sampling CNY chocolate cookie. In minutes, he vomited with visible swells on his chin and I found out that the cookie contains hazelnut. Zzzzzzz. 

We had been careful in keeping him off tree nuts in the 1st few years. We never got him tested but we think that he has outgrown. In our 1st Taiwan trip, the tour guide offered him muah ji. He didn't like it and kept the peanut covered piece in his mouth. We made him spit and to rinse his mouth but I was sure that he would have ingested some peanuts. Nothing happened. Along the years, I am sure that he had taken in some tree nuts, including the chocolate and nuts sandwich that I once accidentally fed him in one of the overseas theme park. Muahahaha. I sounded like I was out to murder him with different attempts at different age of his life. 

We became less careful along the years but still stay off products with nuts. It has become a habit for us to ask if the product contain nuts or check the labels. He too is aware of his allergy. In recent months, he has asked to be tested. Why? Bcos his teacher has recently offered chocolates as rewards to some students and he can't have them bcos they contain nuts. Lol. I have been putting it off bcos it means a trip to the polyclinic and long waiting time. 

We had a great day of activities on Saturday and ended off with dinner at Star Vista and topped it off with a super rich dark chocolate tart. Yum yum. Then we stole the big bed while Daddy Lim got banished to Zaky's room instead. 

In the middle of the night, Zaky woke up complaining that he was itchy all over. His eczema though recovered, resulted in general bad skin and he often break out in rashes. I got him to shower and then saw what looked like hives on 3 different spots on his back. There were 2 more on his legs. Zyrtec came to the rescue and he went back comfortably to bed. Was it the chocolate tart? Hmmmm...

On Sunday morning, the what appeared to be hives turned into big angry patches and they itched badly. We went about the day's activities without much issues. He even went to visit a friend and came back with new big angry patches on his hands. So strange, this is so different from his previous hives and why are they appearing so many hours after the chocolate tart, if that is really the culprit?

By Monday morning, the patches were still persistent. Zaky earned himself a long weekend and was super happy. I brought him to a GP who said that the patches didn't look like any kind of hives or even eczema. She thinks that they are more likely to be insect bites, like mosquito. Huh? Then how come he is the only one who got the blood sucked? 

Anyway, we were sent home with more zyrtec, some cream and a day's MC. Zaky even got to have McDonald bfast. Really 赚到. He was obviously very pleased. 

The cream works really well on the swelling as it contains 0.1% steroid. Zaky looked good this morning but was trying his luck to skip another day of school. Bcos of mosquito bites? Siao ah? 

Are they really mosquito bites? I don't know but I realised that I got bitten this morning too. Like Auntie S says, maybe the mosquitos were all full after sucking his blood and didn't bother us thereafter. Hahaha. Maybe he just has a bad reaction to mosquito bites bcos his skin is so bad. 

Mummy Lim

Viral Fever Again?!!?

It started on last Sunday afternoon. We skipped church after Maths bcos I was feeling so tired from all the coughing.

Things were totally fine. We headed home after a hearty Mac bfast and the kids were happily self entertaining themselves. Heavenly...

Things started going wrong when we left for Lil Shauna's ice skating class. Lil Isaac felt warm, strangely warm. I was fearing for the worse, 2 days before we were due for Chiang Mai. Why like that?

We would usually self medicate when the kids fall sick. This time, we took no chance and brought him to the doctor. The doctor diagnosed him with VIRAL fever. Who the hell passed it to him? And what evil timing. Sob.

We asked for antibiotics but was told that medicine is only to relieve the symptoms of viral infection and antibiotic would not help. Lil Isaac basically has to fight the infection and we are to expect fevers after fevers. Hello, nurofen and panadol.

As expected, his temperature shot. He measured 39ish before we gave him the 1st dose of nurofen. For the last 2 days, it was doses and doses of fever medicine. We were all hoping that he would recover before we fly. We know that it would be thin hope. Viral fever usually takes 5 days to go away. Lil Shauna suffered for a week the last tiem she fell victim. Sob, why like that? The "must fall sick before holiday" spell is back. Zzzz.

Mummy Lim

Sick AGAIN??!!

Lil Isaac was down with fever about 4 weeks back. The fever stayed with him for a week! He missed quite some school and classes. When he almost recovered, he missed the virus to Lil Shauna. She also took about a week to fully recover but was able to still go to school and enrichment classes.

When we were in Bali, I was worried that the kids would fall sick given that they were constantly baked in the sun. They were good when we were back and even enjoyed the PH and weekend.

Yday, Lil Isaac was still good in the morning. We went to church and he went to his TWD makeup class. He was as serious as usual, putting in 200% to kick and punch. We then headed to IMM bcos Daddy Lim's phone died on him and he needed a new phone NOW! The little boy started complaining that he was tired. We struggled through the wait and he barely ate much dinner, wasting the super cute kiddy set that I ordered for him. I finally surrendered to his whining and let him nap. We woke him shortly, tempting him with ice cream. He was lethargic and asked to be carried.

It was no joke carrying a 19kg boy. We asked him to walk and he started crying, complaining that his leg hurt. It was then that we realised that he felt warm. Back home, he measured 38.5 degrees.  What happened?

He missed school today. He is cheerful now though still feeling warm. I am quite sure that his temperature will creep back up in the night.

Popo is upset that he is sick and missed school bcos it messed up her routine. I hope he recovers really quickly.  Most importantly, I pray that it is nothing serious or anything that he caught in Bali. Get well soon, little boy.

Mummy Lim

Poor Zaky, Bad Mummy

Years back, whenever we were about to go on a holiday, one or both the kids must fall sick and it would usually be fever. Most of the time, except once, they recovered in time but the parents always worried sick that the fever wouldn't break before the trip. It is no fun dragging a sick kid around on holiday.  The only one time that we didnt make it was to Genting with my brother's family (I think). It was before Lil Isaac's time and Lil Shauna contracted a viral fever. She was burning with over 38 degrees fever and we had to forego the trip.

The must-fall-sick-before-holiday spell self-dissolved as the kids grew older. Let's not jinx it but it had been a couple of years and all went fine.

I would be leaving for Geneva this Saturday night. Though it wasn't the kids' trip, Lil Isaac fell sick. He came down with a fever on Monday afternoon without any other obvious ailments. His fever peaked at night but broke when he was given the fever medicine. He went to school as usual on Tuesday. Popo called me to tell me to inform the school that Lil Isaac would skip the music enrichment class, so that he could take the school bus home. I got caught in back-to-back meetings and didn't manage to call the school in time. In the evening, I was told that the boy was lethargic by the time that he was home. He even told the teacher that he wanted to skip music class but was denied. His teacher probably thought that he was trying to be funny. Poor boy.

He was given medicine in the early afternoon. He felt warm to touch and a little tired but otherwise alright. I also read in the papers that same morning about how fever is the body auto mechanism to fight infection and there are many possible reasons for fever. So, there is no need to intentionally give fever medicine to bring down the fever unless it is to make the child feel comfortable. If the fever persists for many days then it is necessary to seek medical attention to rule out more serious problems.

Lil Isaac went to bed on Tuesday without another dose of medicine. In the middle of the night, I woke up to a very warm Lil Isaac. I struggled about giving him medicine until I realised that he measured 39 degrees! There was no way that I could go back to sleep knowing that he was burning hot. I gave him another dose of medicine. This morning, he was still feeling warm.

I told Popo that we should bring him to the doctor in the evening if his fever still comes back. I rather do it soon then fly off leaving a sick boy behind. I called after work and Lil Isaac was still feverish. It waz time for the doctor.

We sent Lil Shauna to Maths class. Then Daddy Lim went to my brother's place to pick the little boy to some clinic in Clementi while I ran errands. I had a few things to buy for the upcoming trip and also to do grocery so that the would be supplies at home when I am not around.

The GP said that it is a viral fever. Daddy Lim then picked me from Clementi Mall before we turn back to pick Lil Shauna. By the time they got me, Lil Isaac had fell asleep in the car. He was that tired. We showered him when home but he fell back to sleep very shortly. Poor boy.

I hope his fever will break soon and he would be fine by the time I have to leave.

Mummy Lim

Weekend with a Sick Boy

After Lil Isaac merlioned plenty on Friday night, we have decided to cut down on the activities over the weekend. It wouldn't be nice for him to spray his vomit in public. Gross!

Right after Lil Isaac vomited on Friday night, I distinctly remembered Daddy Lim said not to give Lil Isaac so much water (bcos he vomited a lot of water). A wire in my head short circuit and I didn't give him any water at all but tucked him straight into bed. I realized that he might be dehydrated only after he was in lala land. In the middle of the night, he must be so thirsty and hungry and asked for milk. He eventually settled for honey water when mummy refused to give him milk for fear of further upsetting his little tummy. He finished 2 x 100ml bottles in minutes. Poor boy.

The little tiger woke up hungry on Saturday morning and asked for food. We didn't dare to give him too much but he kept asking for more and more food. We had intended to keep him at home and he was good to stay at home, accompanied by the iPad while I brought Lil Shauna out for her ice skating practice, followed by phonics class. Daddy Lim would pick the boy after work. Look at his puppy eyes.

Lil Shauna and I had a great time practicing. The other 2 girls were there as they had their 1st private lesson on Saturday. The girls’ mummies commended my patience and how Lil Shauna was willing to practice the same move over and over again. I really have to praise the little girl this time. She really put in a lot of hard work. Some of the moves are really tough. She might whine quite some but really did put in a lot of effort to practice even on days that she has no classes. Unfortunately the girls’ lessons are in the afternoon and ours in the morning. We might not have plenty of opportunities to see them in the rink in the future.

The little boy came while jiejie was in class and asked to eat MacDonalds. He must be really deprived. Lol. We headed for a movie in the late afternoon – Strange Magic. I have to say that the animated movie is indeed very strange. The kids enjoyed themselves and I am impressed at how the little boy can now sit and watch an entire movie. He used to lose interest midway and I have to start engaging him in a conversation about the movie to make him stay in the seat. The movie has some adult theme, like how the man whom the princess was engaged to was caught cheating and there was way too much singing in the movie, like ¾ of it.  The songs stuck with us though and we kept singing that few lines over the weekend. Our Saturday ended early after dinner and no vomit. Yeah!

Our Sunday was super boring. We skipped church on Sunday but pushed ahead with the gym class or would have difficulty trying to find time for make-up class. We roamed Vivo city aimlessly after class and headed home after dinner. Lil Shauna was so bored and kept asking what we would be doing next and next and next. But again, no vomit! 

Back to Lil Isaac’s stuffy nose and irritated throat issue, he did seem better on Friday and Saturday. Maybe he was too tired and thus the issue didn't bother him or us too much. It was bad yday and he was clearing his throat every 5s before he drifted off to sleep. It was so super irritating. We will probably bring him back to the doctor for a review on Thursday.

Mummy Lim

To the Doctor

Popo called me at 4 pm to say that Lil Isaac vomited twice, both after meals. She said that she would bring him to the doctor and he would skip phonics class today. I agreed. This would also be the perfect chance to ask about his flu and cough.

If you followed my blog, you will see that he had been coughing and having stuffy or running nose for like forever... ok, ever since November 2014. There had been major bouts of cough and running nose in between (like 3 episodes) but otherwise just stuffy nose and what appeared to be itchy throat. When his throat is itchy, he would do this irritating "ahem" sound in attempt to sooth it. It becomes unbearably irritating when he does that like every 5s. Arrggghhh.

There were days that he seemed very much better and then the stuffy nose and itchy throat will come back before being overtaken by another major bout. On days that he only has stuffy nose and itchy throat, he would be fine in the day and the stuffy nose seems to act up only in the morning and night.  The stuffy nose will definitely trigger the itchy throat. It also seemed to happen alot when we are in the car. His phlegm is usually clear and the last doctor also said that his lungs are cleared.

We saw Dr Chua this time. He is one of the usual doctors that the kids used to visit when younger. He is super patience and spent a long time explaining and examining his patients. Most importantly, the medicine that he prescribed usually worked. This explained the long q and waiting time at his clinic. As the kids grew older, we visit the other clinics alongside his, just like Lil Isaac's last visit. The other GPs don't seem to be as 厉害.

Dr Chua's clinic opens at 6.30pm. I started queuing for number at 6pm and was the 1st on q but was shortly joined by another person. By the time the clinic opened, there were at least 10 persons in the q! I related the entire story and Dr Chua suspected that Lil Isaac probably has a sensitive nose. We actually suspected that too. He has a history of eczema and allergy to nuts. Daddy Lim's family has long history of eczema too. Additionally,  Lil Isaac still has sensitive skin and eyes. He frequency ended up with puffy eyes after a few rubs. Dr Chua said that he is going to prescribe some medicine and wanted us to come back next week for follow-up and to allow him to tweak the medication.

The whole visit didn't take too long. While waiting to collect the medicine, this father with his little kid in the q suddenly came into the clinic and said that his kid is having a high fever and "shivering". The kid was actually having a fit and was attended to immediately. I was shocked. I knew young children with high fever may lead to seizure but this is the 1st time that I actually witness. Scary.

Lil Isaac didn't have much dinner and ate some noodles in the late evening.  We fed him the medicine before bed and he suddenly vomited a lot liquid and probably whatever little dinner that he had. I had originally thought that the vomit was triggered by his cough, which Popo said so but I think he might really have a case of mild stomach flu. I wasn't feeling well last night too and was queasy while in the office today.

We also kept most of the kids' soft toy leaving only nono. Dr Chua suggested so as well as Auntie H previously. We ended up with 1 big bag as well as plenty of space in the bed.

Mummy Lim

Sick for a Long Time

It should have been about 4 weeks back. Lil Isaac developed this chesty cough. He was still very much active and went about his classes and daily activities. However, you can hear like huge amount of phlegm when he coughed. Unfortunately, he hasn't mastered the art of ah-pui and swallowed whatever that he coughed up. He soon passed the virus to Lil Shauna, who recovered in less than a week given that she spitted like a master. Lol.

The chesty cough was reduced to a dry cough and he coughed like a broken down car, especially in the night. I bet his throat must itch like hell. There were even nights that he coughed so much that he vomited. Things seemed to have turned for the better. Then he came down with a mild fever for a few days last week. We gave him paracetamol and the fever went away. I would like to think that his body was fighting against the virus, thus the fever. And when the fever broke, I had expected that he would finally rise above the virus and be healthy. I was right… for a while.

He seemed better… but appeared to have caught a flu a few days back! He started sniffling, sneezing and his little nose was choked. The mucus probably back flow when he lay down and triggered coughing fits during bedtime. It didn't help that Lil Isaac loves to exaggerate and often made the cough sounded worse than it probably was. Sleep was also often interrupted by a few episodes of coughing in the night. His little nose and cough would act up in the morning and evenings to night. 

Yday, we were in the car and on the way to town to pick up Daddy Lim’s new toy. Lil Isaac’s little nose started acting up, which irritated his throat and he kept coughing. As he has been sick and coughing since like forever, we got worried and finally decided to send him to a doctor instead of relying on over the counter medicine.

He did cough like a “champion” in the clinic for the doctor to hear. The doctor affirmed that it is nothing serious – his lungs are cleared. We were told to bring him back to the clinic for antibiotics if things don’t improve in 3 to 5 days and we were given drugs that could be easily purchased over the counter, some of which we already have at home. I think we came to the doctor and literally paid to have a piece of mind. 

To make it feels like we have done right to send Lil Isaac to the doctor, I would like to think that the medicine works better than what we used to give him. He seemed to cough less intensely last night and was knocked out fairly quickly. I love drowsy medicine. I think he stirred less last night too. Otherwise, it must be the case that he was way too tired or I am and couldn't hear a thing. Lol.

Pls get well soon.

Mummy Lim

Shoo Virus

Lil Isaac was down with stomach flu and we brought him to the doctor on Sunday after he vomited 2x. He recovered by Monday but I think he passed the virus to Popo. She started to vomit on Thursday night and complained of chill yday. Lil Shauna was not spared and started having the runs yday.

Last night was bad. In the night alone, she woke up 3x for the toilet. I gave her medicine, which she complained was yucky but that didn't help. I gave her also medicine, which she also complained and that seems to stop the run.

Adding on the woes, the kids woke up with running nose. Aiyo, didn't Lil Isaac just recovered from flu not too long ago?

Lil Shauna must be feeling bad. She asked to nap in the afternoon, something that she does when she's very sick. She woke up and had loose stools again. It took me a long time to give medicine to the grouchy girl. I wonder if they really taste that bad.

We are heading out to botanic park to meet the rest of the gang and I hope the medicine works. The toilets in the park on few and far. We actually considered staying at home but the girl though sick wanted some fresh air. This will give Popo a break as well. But I guess we wouldn't stay out very late today.

I hope the virus stops there. It is no joke manning sick and grouchy kids. They should be well by CNY, right? In fact, Popo really want them to go to school on Monday so that she can make preparations for CNY. Our family hasn't made any preparation.

Mummy Lim

Sicko Tiger

Lil Isaac is down with stomach flu. Poor boy.
He vomited and created a big mess on Saturday night at 11+pm. I was actually out with my girlfriends and Popo had to clear up the mess on my behalf. Popo said that it was so bad and it stunk up the whole room. She had to throw away some pillows and blosters that were beyond salvaged. There was so much washing that Popo was still up at 3am when I was home. Poor Popo too.

Lil Isaac has almost no appetite on Sunday morning. Daddy Lim said that he barely touched his bfast. In the afternoon, he only asked for chocolate ice cream and took a few mouthfuls. We managed to feed him some udon soup and egg for lunch and were hoping that his appetite would improve in the evening.

However, there was no improvement. We ordered fishball noodles soup for dinner, hoping that it would be easy on his little tummy. He coughed and attempted to vomit at the table and I was holding up a plastic bag for him just in case he does vomit. The next moment, he merlioned. I was so glad that we didn't make a huge mess. As expected, he couldn’t stomach anything and we decided to bring him to the doctor.

We were lucky that there was only 1 patient before us at the clinic. The doctor diagnosed him with stomach flu and asked us not to give him any food until his condition improves, i.e., him not vomiting at just water. Milk was a no-no. The doctor said that we could give him very diluted milk before bed. No milk was such an agony to the little tiger, who was already asking for milk in the evening after he vomited. I told him that the doctor said that he could only have a little milk which he immediately protested and said that he wanted a lot of milk. Though sick, still very cute.

Zaky didn't have anything for dinner, just the medicine and water. He asked for milk before bed but I managed to coax him to bed without any. Phew. Then I woke up at 1am when Popo opened the door to check on the kids. Then Zaky coughed and woke up at 3+am. I was so worried that he would vomit and standby with the all wonder plastic bag. He asked for water and then asked for milk. When I told him that he cannot have milk, he asked for fresh milk. I didn't know if I should laugh or cry at 3am in the morning. 

I tried to use delay tactic by telling him that Popo was making his milk but it didn't work. He insisted angrily that he wanted milk and he wanted it now and he wanted mummy to make his milk now. I got up and made him some very diluted milk which he down in one continuous gulp. He then regurgitated some. When I was cleaning up, he said that he was hungry and wanted to eat rice. We had white bread instead and video-called Daddy Lim. He must have looked super cute to Daddy Lim too, munching on bread at 3.30am. I told Lil Isaac that he could only have one slice of bread, which he said that he wanted to eat so many slices bcos he was 100 hungry. Too cute. Fortunately, he was happy to go back to dreamland after 1 slice of bread. We slept on the sofa for the remaining morning as I was worried that his little tummy would protest. I woke up whenever he coughs or stirs, worrying that he would vomit but he was fine.    

This morning, I was zombified. Zaky will be skipping school today. I hope Lil Shauna would not insist to stay at home too. Most importantly, speedy recovery and not to pass the virus to jiejie. Jiejie is such a poor thing too. Lil Isaac got all the attention bcos he was sick but she was such a dear and tried her very best to accommodate the sicko tiger. Things would not be so smooth sailing if it had been the other way round. So proud of my little big girl.

Mummy Lim

Down with Flu

Lil Isaac is down with flu. I am not sure if he got the virus from me or he passed it to me. While I was nasal when I sneezed but am otherwise fine, Lil Isaac's little nose is all clogged up, very badly clogged up.

It was very bad last night, such that he surrendered while trying to drink his milk. He handed me the half-drunk bottle and said, "mummy, I cannot breathe!" Poor boy.

Luckily, he is better today. I hope he will be great on Christmas Day!

Mummy Lim

The Boy is Down

Popo told me in the evening that Lil Isaac is down with a fever. I sort of expected that ever since Daddy Lim came down with a throat infection. The boy was already sneezing away yday. Luckily, we weren't too adventurous yday and didn't run around in the sun or swim like how we usually would. Else, maybe he would be worse.

He looked ok when we picked him up but grew lethargic as the fever peaked. He measured 38.9 degree just before bed and willingly went to bed after the medicine. I gave him bufen. Poor boy. The little monkey who would go to bed in his singlet and diaper is now clad in long pj pants and asked to be wrapped in blanket. 

I wonder if jiejie will go down next. Lil Isaac probably cannot go to school tomorrow and Lil Shauna is complaining that she's coughing and needs to skip school too. Win already.

Mummy Lim

Sick Tiger

Lil Isaac got it hardest among us all. It should be a viral infection, a different flu strain from the rest of us bcos he is the only one who came down with high fever. The doctor said that his throat looks ok, so it is probably not a throat infection. We were not given any antibiotics.

The flu symptoms are still mild but his fever was difficult to tame. At one point, we had to alternate between bufen and paracetamol to try to keep the fever down. In fact, we were waiting for time to pass so that we can feed him fever medicine.

He measured 39 degrees at the clinic. Back home, he didn't seem to cross 38.5 degrees most of the time, but he felt hot. I thought he was beyond 38.5 degrees but the thermometer said otherwise. For those of u who knew about how Lil Isaac ended up in the hospital with a hight fever when he was 15 days old, yet his temperature was not picked up by the thermometer will know why I always doubt my thermometer, even though I have changed the old one. And I am always paranoid when Lil Isaac comes down with a fever.

Lil Isaac stayed at home the entire day. So jiejie got to go to JP with me in the early afternoon while Lil Isaac naps and go for the Madagascar movie with Daddy Lim in the late afternoon. Lil Isaac stayed at home with Mummy, ah yee and uncle ichi. We bought a Xbox kinnect and had lots of fun. That, I will blog about separately.

Lil Isaac still feels feverish. In fact, the fever didn't seem to leave him at all. This must be the must-get-sick-before-holiday syndrome. My only comfort is that it is fairly easy to feed Lil Isaac medicine.

Pls recover before our trip. Let's all enjoy ourselves during the trip. Mummy has been looking forward to this trip, so much such that her neck has grown longer.

Mummy Lim

Sick

I went to work this morning and rushed to pick Lil Isaac from Centris to bring him to his gym class. Daddy Lim was supposed to pick jiejie up after he knocked off.

I received a Lil Isaac who just woke up from his very short nap. He was really well behaved during the mrt ride and I thought it was bcos he was half awake and was secretly glad at my good luck.

We were early and shared an ice cream cone while waiting for his class to start. However, we didn't make it for class. He measured 37.8 degrees when his teacher took his temperature!

Yes, I is lousy mummy. I didn't realize that he was running a temperature. I was slinging him in the mrt and didn't feel his warmness. We ended up going home in a cab.

He was very much active in the cab and showed no signs of having a fever at home. We gave him paracetamol and his temperature seems to come down. We couldn't tell for sure bcos Lil Isaac has no problem taking medicine but HATES the thermometer!

We are not sure what exactly happened. He has no flu, in fact nothing at all. Is this the must-fall-sick-before-the-trip syndrome? Pls recover and pls dont let anybody else falls sick.

Mummy Lim

Hives

Yes, the hives tortured us last night.
Popo called yday afternoon to inform that Lil Isaac had developed hives on his legs. She thinks that it is somehow related to his fever, what we called fake measles, just that this is hives and not measles. She went on to say that the situation appeared to be improving and reckoned that there was no need for medical attention.

Well, Popo sounded really cool about it and thus I wasn’t worry. I thought that it is probably some kind of fake measles too. Afterall, we didn’t introduce new food this time, not like the anchovies scare that we had the last and first time that Lil Isaac developed hives. However, we did give him the medicine to ease his constipation yday morning and that is something new.

When I was latching Lil Isaac in the night, he appeared uncomfortable, crying intermittently with his eyes closed amidst attempts to suckle. He fell asleep at 9.30pm and I was surprised to learn from auntie that the hives appeared to be spreading. They initially only appeared on his calves but were starting to appear on his thigh. Hmm.. maybe Popo’s eye are failing her and she thought that the condition was improving.

The itch woke Lil Isaac up at about 10.15pm. With the power nap, he spent the next hour crawling around, refusing to sleep, even when I brought him to our bedroom and switched off the lights. After lots of struggle and crying, he finally fell asleep at 11.30pm and I was hopeful that he would sleep through.

I was barely into dreamland when I heard Lil Isaac cried. I was pissed and almost lost my cool when he kept struggling and crying when I tried to latch him back to sleep. That was when I realized that the hives were appearing on his arms! Poor boy, he appeared to be really uncomfortable and very sleepy, trying to scratch himself and dozed off and was awoken again bcos of the itch. I became paranoid and was scared that he grew an allergic reaction to the constipation medication. I bugged Daddy Lim to send Lil Isaac to the West Point Hospital, which is open 24 hours, just to make sure that his airway is not swelled.

The GP at West Point Hospital didn’t want to treat Lil Isaac as he is not a PD and suggested that we sent him to either KKH or NUH instead. We were told that NUH has a Children A&E and we did send him there. I was glad that we did bcos the NUH Children A&E is relatively empty. We would probably spend hours waiting if we had sent Lil Isaac to KKH.

Lil Isaac was fairly cooperative and I delivered the constipation-fever-fever-constipation-hives story to the PD. There was no wheezing, which means that his airways are fine. The PD guessed that it is probably a viral fever, which in turn caused the hives but we were told to stop the constipation medicine to play safe. She also commented that Lil Isaac’s eczema should be receiving some attention and we will be given a follow-up at NUH for his eczema. We were given medicine to treat his allergic and a 1% steroid cream for the hives.

We reached home at 3am and Lil Isaac fell asleep in 15 mins. Popo said that he woke up at 7+am but had a solid 3 hour nap in the late morning. He must be really, really tired. His poor parents are even more pitiful. We crawled out of bed this morning to go to work despite having only 3 hours of sleep. Jiejie? She slept through the while saga. Lol.

I hope we have no more scares. I am very, very tired.

Mummy Lim

What's Next?

Lil Isaac was still feverish when I touched him this morning. Mummy J saw my post and asked me how he was. She mentioned that a friend's son was also constipated and had a high fever for no apparent reason too. He had intestine infection and was warded to have the hard stools pumped out. -.o"

I panicked, called Popo to check on Lil Isaac and asked Popo to give him the medicine that the doctor gave last night to ease constipation. Popo said that his temperature came down and was hovering around 37.5 degrees. We will be monitoring him and I intended to bring him to the PD if his fever doesn't break by tomorrow.

Thankfully, the fever left. He was active the whole day and had a good appetite. He also poo poo. Maybe it was the medicine or maybe the fruits that Popo has been faithfully given to him helps.

However, in the afternoon, Popo called to inform that Lil Isaac developed hives on his leg. We don't know what is he allergic to. We didn't introduce new food. We can only guessed he came into contact with dust/ dirt or the poo poo medicine gave him an reactive.

Haiz, this is so tiring. When is it gg to be smooth sailing?

Mummy Lim

Fever, Fever Go Away

Remembered that Lil isaac came down with a fever last week when he was constipated for 5 days? The doctor said that he had a viral infection. His fever came down the next day with medicine.

For some weird reasons, Lil Isaac came down with fever again last night. The only difference is that he managed to poo poo yday morning. He felt warm when I latched him in night and Popo called to inform that he was feverish in the morning. We still have fever medicine from the last visit and he was active the whole day.

We brought him to the GP just now. He has no cough, no running nose, no sore throat, no stomach flu, no ear infection. The doctor is also not sure why he is having a fever too and again told us that it is likely to be viral fever. Lil Isaac was 38.8 degrees at the clinic!

Haiz.. Why like that? When will this end? Headache plus heartache. Please help to pray for speedy recovery, that this is nothing serious.

Mummy Lim

Still a Baby

Lil Isaac is still having a slight fever. He slept with me last night and woke up once to latch. He stirred quite a number of times in the night but settled back to sleep after changing positions. He is just like jiejie and moves so much in the night.

Lil Isaac was probably tired from the fever and the crying. He fell asleep at about 9pm despite taking an evening nap on the way home from auntie’s place and also on the way home from the clinic. As I lie down beside him, he was back facing me and I suddenly realized that he is so little. He is so small size lying on that big mattress with only his head appearing from the blanket. He is still a small baby. My heart melted and I was so fascinated by his hair that ended at his neck and appears to curl a little. I couldn’t help it but want to cuddle him and stroke his hair. Hahaha, sound all motherly?

I didn’t even mind when he woke me up whenever he stirred. When he settled back to sleep, I actually found myself starring at him quietly, savoring the moment. Poor Lil Isaac. I hate constipation.

Mummy Lim

Sick

Lil Isaac is sick. I heard phlegm last night and asked Popo of he is coughing. Popo said that he wasn't. I heard it again in the night when I was latching him.

This morning, Popo called me to say that he sounded funny - phlegm. We had wanted to bring him to the doctor on the evening but I had scare Popo into thinking that Lil Isaac might be asthmatic. :p I really did read somewhere that people who have eczema may also be asthmatic lor. I am also worried that Lil Isaac is indeed allergic to dust and his airways are sensitive to dust or something of the effect. Anyway, enuff to drive Popo to bring all the kids to the clinic in the afternoon for the doctor to look at Lil Isaac.

The doctor assured that he is not asthmatic. Asthma tales time to build up. He has phlegm and his throat looks a little sore. He was given 3 types of medicine and we have to bring him back if he develops fever. I wonder where did he get the virus from. None of the jiejie's are sick. And sore throat?!!! Cereal is heaty? We are very stringy with his biscuits.

Popo says that Lil Isaac enjoyed his medicine and was easy to feed him medicine in the afternoon. The medicine also gave him a good afternoon nap. But I had a hard time giving the medicine just now. He was clamping his mouth and turning his head away. He ended up with medicine all over him. -.o" And he woke up at the same time for his first night feed. Isn't the medicine supposed to knock him out? I hope he will sleep until morning.

By the way, we bought new quilt. The old pee stained one is too smelly and I can't stand it anymore. I told jiejie to not wet the bed or I will spank her backside. Lol.

Mummy Lim

The Tiger is Sick

Jiejie has passed the virus to Lil Isaac. I had expected that but was hoping that he would be able to withstand the virus. Haiz, my bm not strong enuff.

The good thing is that he is already 6 months old and can be prescribed with medicine. We brought Lil Isaac to the doctor yday and was given flu medicine and nose drop. The flu medicine may knock him out and I was secretly happy. Haha.

Lil Isaac gave me funny looks while taking the medicine. He seems a little feverish and I fed him fever medicine too. The medicine knocked him out and he woke up once last night not bcos of hunger but his eczema woke him. I have told MA to reduce the morning dosage and skipped the afternoon dose just in case he gets overly drowsy.

The doctor said the same thing about his eczema, that doctors will try not to prescribe medicated cream but encourage tons of moisturizer. He also warned that Lil Isaac is likely to be allergic to dust and fur. -.o"

I hope he recovers soon. Lil Isaac looks so pathetic with his eczema and running nose. Poor boy. He was cranky yday but jiejie kept hawking our attention.

Mummy Lim

In KKH

We are in KKH again, the 2nd time in less than 4 months. -.o" I thought Lil Isaac feels warm in the afternoon but the ear thermometer didn't pick up any fever. I didn't trust the thermometer after our last high fever episode and wanted to come down to KKH but Daddy Lim stopped me and complained that I was paranoid.

His cough and running nose show no mercy. And bcos he couldn't clear his nose, he had discharge from the eye, loads of it. Of course he was cranky, more and more cranky as the day proceeds.

Come evening, Daddy Lim agreed that he does feel warm and agreed to send us to KKH and we rushed down. I am now waiting for Daddy Lim to join me at KKH after sending Lil Shauna home. We don't need a cranky toddler while waiting for the doctor.

Lil Isaac has a slight fever, measuring 37.8 degrees. His condition probably isn't serious cos we were made to join the normal queue, no express service like the last time. So, I should be glad? He is now asleep in my arms. I have aching arms but definitely better than a crying baby. I hope the doctor will give medicine for his fever and flu. Not that I enjoy giving medicine to my infant son but I hope the medicine will help him to recover quickly.

Haiz, poor Lil Isaac. With jiejie, I never walk in to A&E. Choy! I maybe paranoid to send him to A&E for flu and slight fever, but who can blame me after the last high fever episode?

Mummy Lim