Salam..
One of the many things that I have learnt from motherhood is surely patience. You will never know your true level of patience until you become a mother to a baby or toddler. That's it. I'm sure most of us mommies would want our kids to stay as healthy as possible as we are well aware how super cranky and clingy they can get when they are not in the pink of health. I can't help but to be proud of myself when I managed to stay calm throughout these haywire situations. Hehe.
And one of those situations I'm referring to was when Muhammad was warded due to some infections. He started off with high fever since the night before. I kept monitoring his temperature until the next morning when it reached 40 degree celcius. We were freaked out and immediately ran him to the emergency at Pantai Hospital Ampang.
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| Cranky boy at the emergency |
Muhammad was actually having a prolonged cough for more than a month, so the doctor suggested to do chest xray on him. From there, the first diagnosis came out as a mild lung infection and for that reason he was admitted. Since it was a mild infection, my first expectation was that he's gonna be warded for 4-5 days at most. #positivemom
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| Fell asleep right after being warded |
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| Daily physio session to clear the chest |
A night went by at the hospital and his fever seemed to be fluctuated throughout the day. So the doctor took his stool sample to check for the presence of some bugs that might be causing the symptoms. After the lab result came out, we were being informed of the true culprit which was rotavirus. To be honest, I wasn't quite surprised with the finding as I thought it was only a bug that's causing diarrhea. While that was true, this rotavirus actually made both me and my son physically and mentally exhausted for how severe its effect was.
As that wasn't enough, another nightmare came in two days later. This time we were told he had another infection which was E.Coli. Similar to rotavirus, this bacteria also causes diarrhea. The effect of rotavirus alone was acute, so can you imagine how crazy it was when these two worked together? Yup, the effect was doubled.
There was this one night we both could not sleep at all. Muhammad was passing stool every 1-2 hours. It was really watery that it sounded like he was peeing. The nurses and the cleaner also had to come in frequently to change the bed sheet and clean the floor. That was the climax and I was emotionally drained. We both cried. It felt bad because I could do nothing to help him alleviate the pain.
The effect of rotavirus could last for two weeks and we can actually control it at home. He just need to be free from fever for the next 24 hours after his normal temperature was recorded for him to be discharged. Every time his temperature went normal, I tried to maintain it with tepid sponging and get him to take his medicine on time. Well the struggle to give him medicine was another story. This post could turn out into a novel if I were to write them all here.
Finally after 11 days of hospital stay he was discharged and I was the happiest person to receive the news! He still had diarrhea for another week afterwards but handling him at home was different (in a good way). He had follow-up appointment twice before the doctor confirmed the infections were totally gone off. Therefore, our nightmares ended peacefully. Alhamdulillah.
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| Before discharged |
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| Follow-up appointment with ibu |
Till then, Assalamualaikum.
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