Boy oh..boy..just when I thought the dust has settled down…just 2 wks after my rashes episode..another incident happened again..
Well..Kayden has been having fever for about 4 days..and forgetful me…didn’t thought of it as a sign of infection at all! Absent-minded indeed..I only kept asking myself how come a barely 3mth old boy is having an on-off fever..but I have forgotten all about the infection thingy.
On the 3rd day of the fever episode, his fever actually subsided …whole day no sign of it…then it decided to visit him again…on the next day! He was having a high fever of 38.9 deg c..it was raining heavily and making it a bit troublesome for me to bring him to the doc. ( I should have insisted!) so I ended giving him only paracet …it did work…but until at night…9+ only. That is when everything took a turn for the worst…he wasn’t having any fever though ..n suddenly …he started throwing milk…and began what seems to be a choking kind of expression. ..and kept crying..and it gets louder when Kelvin tries to carry him….and when I tried to carry him…he cried very loud too..really its nerve-wrecking..lor..cos he can’t talk ..and we just have to guess what is he up to.. So I began..patting his back to get any remnants out of his lung (which was what I thought initially…he was choked by milk)…but to no avail. That was when I began to realise it was something else…but dunoe what n…I began to panick..(trying very hard to keep my cool) but I managed to call my mum for help!!!!!!
Fortunately, Kelvin and my brother are around..and then I grabbed whatever I can think of …with me…and off we go to the nearest clinic. It was when I was in the car…I realised that he was throwing what seems to be a fit! Why I didn’t rush straight to A&E..? Well, I couldn’t ascertain..if his was a choking incident or a fit, ALL I could think of is to give him the fastest aid..
Don’t know isit consider fortunate or unfortunate..? We reached the clinic at Sembawang MRT Station..it was closed (just like the rest near my place) so there is another one…which is still open…until 11pm, so I rushed in..OK, at this point in time u would say….heng ah…another clinic is still open…but I can’t of regretted going in…cos…the doc…says its a febrile fit!…and there is nothing much he can do..(which is quite true lah) ok..so I managed to ascertain that Kayden is having a fit…so how…now…I am stuck ..I can’t just go to A & E like that cos I dunoe what to give to him to allevate his condition…and what if somethingw worst happens alng the way…what am I to do?
So stay put lor…then doc instructed the clinic assistant to sponge Kayden (by now his fever is back to visit him again…) and a neb to “open-up” his airways, while I am there turning and holding Kayden to rest his right side. So the waiting game starts….while he was crying frantically …we waited eagerly and with thoughts running wild inside me..what if this n what if that…and why the hell the stupid ambulance is not here yet…! It took them almost 1/2 hour to reach us…reason : short of ambulance! ???? O.M.G ! Hello….??? although its just a mere 30 mins…and it seems like forever ok…and anything could happen! …I am really angry n frustrated! Keeping my cool…and tearing…I can’t help but to keep bugging the clinic assistant to call them n rush them…fortunately…Kayden felt better after the neb….
Ok so while all these took place….where is papa….? Papa..? I really dunoe what he was doing…I could only remember asking him to make phone calls….I guess he was as clueless as..me…Could he have been in a shock too?…I dunoe…All I know…is to tell myself to keep cool and have a clear mind…I can’t loose my composure.
I am so glad when my brother (who is waiting outside the clinic all the time) called me n informed that the paramedics are here already..I felt so relieved. That was the first time I am on an ambulance..and pray that it will be the last! While on the ambulance Kayden was being sponged again…and given oxygen supply…cos..they found his heartbeat weak and oxygen level low…so frightening…I am glad the female paramedic made me felt better by talking to me…and not letting wild thoughts get into me..very soon we reached KK hospital…n because we arrival in
“style” (in ambulance)..we were given priority treatment..no need to q, as compared to if we were to walk-in just like that…
While I was with Kayden at the A&E ward sponging him away,…papa was at the counter doing all the admim work. After waiting for about 1/2 hour, we were being ushered to the paed’s ward. that’s when the waiting starts again…we waited for about an hour+ ..for the M.O… Aiyoh..I got lots to say about this M.O. and I bet she is still doing her housemen thingy….cos she is so…green..kept repeating her questions…and can’t write properly on the case sheet….u just can tell when they are not pro enough…I am so glad she was there only to take an account oof the incident, nothing else. I felt like a suspect leh….assisting in criminal investigation.
It was until an hour later a more experienced M.O. came along and spoke to us about Kayden’s condition and told us what is expected to be done..So at around 3:00 am Kayden was taken away by the staff nurse……for a series of tests…and his blood, urine and spinal fluid were extracted for analysis to see which is the culprit for causing the infection thus his fever…It was only until 4:30 am then Kayden returns. He was sound asleep, with tube inserted into his lil hand.
That night they constantly monitor his temperature n BP..and started him with high doses of ampicillin and gentamicin ..cos they fear that there maybe a brain infection..it was a nerve-wrecking moment for me…cos..I am so worried about the results of those tests.
The following day he was still feeling lousy..could see that he was very sleepy..and listless…and temperature is still on the high side…soon..the preliminary test result is out…n glad to hear that brain infection – meningitis was ruled out! The possible culprit turns out to be UTI – urinary tract infection..possible bacteria culprit is E.Coli..
And so they adjusted the antibiotics accordingly…Doc says he needs to be warded for another 2 days for observation and the final results of his urine culture…fair enough.
Glad to see that his fever subsided and under control at the end of 2nd day…he looks and feels better …as u can see in the following photos..
Lying comfortably on the bed..watching TVExercising his porky legs..
On Thursday doc gave the final verdict and “green light” that Kayden may be discharge..we are so glad to hear that he can go home..liao..but he is not off the hook completely as yet…cos he needs to return to the hospital at later dates to do an ultrasound of his unrinary tract and kidneys and then review by the doc to investigate the underlying cause of his infection. Doc says the infection could scarred his kidneys or there maybe a reflux in his uriniary tract…it’s very scary to hear all these….really..Besides the return for review…Kayden is also given 7 weeks of oral antibiotic..poor boy..so young and has already taken so much medicine…It’s been a week since his discharge …I am still monitoring his temperature as a precaution measure….
Just hope that he wil be fine… and that was just a one-off situation kind of thing…otherwise…I can’t really go back to work with a sound mind…
( Poor mummy…..
