Under The Weather

I am still very much under the weather. Everyone was. But I can't really take medicine for Sophie is still breastfeeding. Makan vitamin C jer lah. Merangkak lah nak baik flu kan.

On Sunday night, we took Milan to a hospital near our place. I was quite worried about her since the night before i can hear her breathing sounded a little bit weird. And my cousin told me about some kind of sound her daughter make when she has asthma attack. We actually went to the hospital in the morning. Man, we waited for 2 hours plus for our turn. And it was way past mid day. Kids are hungry. Sophie needs to take her nap. So, we came back in the evening. Less people.

Upon loking at her chest, the doctor said she has to be admitted. I looked at husband, he looked at me. My mind went haywired immediately. She first went for a saturation test, to check on the oxygen level in her blood. Hers was fluctuating from 97-99. Best would be 100. The doctor was quite suprised to see her still talking a lot. She has some wheezing sound in her lung. I heard it too when the doc let me to listen through his stestoscope. She needs to be on nebulizer for every 2 hours and on antibiotic drip! Drip! She told me before we left the house that she doesn't want any injection. She was then on nebulizer. She went hysteric when she sees the nebulizer machine. With smoke. She ran and cried. 'We have to go', 'i don't like it'...kesian sangat. But we have to. Terpaksa jugak tangkap. I held her hand, one nurse held the nebulizer mask and another one held her head. Macam2 cara dah pujuk, still struggle jugak. At last, i had no choice that i told her "if you keep on crying, a nurse will come and give you an injection". That worked. She stopped all the struggling and crying immediately. Sampai penat dia nangis.

From her saturation test, the doctor then writes a referral letter to DEMC for admission. We then went to DEMC. While waiting for the referral letter to be done, i just couldn't help myself. I cried. I didn't know what went through my mind. But i was feeling so down. Husband asked what's the arrangement. Who gets to stay with who. We have 2 kids and both are too clingy towards me. They have never spent a night without me. First, i said i'll stay with Milan. But then, our concern was Sophie might gets so cranky since she needs me to sleep. And she is quite difficult to calm. While Milan can stay with the dad and it is much easier to calm her than Sophie.

Oh man, DEMC was packed with lots of people. Waited for quite sometime for the doctor to see us. And she was not the doctor that the other doc in the first hospital wrote the letter to. Anyway, it doesn't matter because she is quite nice. Soft spoken. She gave the same diagnostic as the first doctor. Except she mentioned the word 'viral'. And she gave us option to choose. You  nak admit ke? Looking at cheerful Milan, we opted to just go home and monitor her closely at home. With 2 kids, it is difficult to make a decision that involves everyone. And husband said, he would rather get a single room and everyone stays together if Milan needs to be admitted.

At DEMC, she was already a pro. No more crying.

It was almost 11pm when we finally got home. The doctor prescribed:

1) Ventolin (Salbutamol) for cough
2) Mucoflux (phlegm)
3) Clarityne (for flu)
4) Paracetamol (for fever)
5) Singulair (to clean airways)

And before we left, another round of nebulizer. That night she slept soundly. But still the wheezing sound was there.

The next day, we brought her to see Dr Mary Peter in Assunta Hospital. She is my favourite paed by far. Tu yang tak kisah nak pegi PJ semata2. She too said the wheezing was viral. And wheezing is not asthma. Because Milan has this when she is sick. Lega.

The next day at Assunta. Feeling very 'diva'lish.

Thanks to all friends who sms'ed' and tweets asking about Milan. She is all well now. And after the 'dramatic' series of going to hospitals, i know i am not that strong when it comes to my kids. Baru dengar nak kena admit, dah nangis macam nak rak. Respect to all mothers with ill children. And may God bless all of our children.