My poor daughter

For the past two day and a half, my daughter has been suffering from fever and diarrhea. It's quite challenging actually, when you have to consider the delicate condition that she's in. Being a baby at 7-months old, I and my wife have to be very2 careful and gentle when lifting her up, giving her medicine, and also when sponge bathing her.

It all started two nites back, at about 3 am in the morning, when she started to poo in her diapers. Not the usual one at six am... but we weren't that worried. Just washed her up, changed her diaper and went back to bed. The next morning, at about 12pm, when I came home from work to get some lunch, her conditioned worsened where blisters started to develop. This was painful for her because when washed, she cried so loudly that it made my heart fall :(

This was followed by fever and also some more diarrhea.

Upon advice, I and my wife decided to go a general practinioner doctor. There, we received not so convincing advice. Plus, the doctor didn't even bother to take her temperature. But I'm not blaming or lambasting him or anything. It's just that he thought the child had a normal fever... and that probably he could tell based on experience.... So we went home with two bottles of medicine... one for the fever (an orangy type liquid medicine) and also one for the diarrhea.

That nite, she her stool had some blood in it. It was like 2 o'clock in the morning. This was rather worrying for first time parents like us, so we went straight to Putrajaya Hospital's Emergency clinic. There were no paediatricians, so again we had to settle for a GP. The doctor (about the same age as us according to my wife) again gave a diagnosis almost similar to the first GP that we saw. But this time, she included a cough medicine.... Ok... Now what's that about :(

The next day, my baby's temperature was not getting any better. This prompted me to go straight to a specialist... which now I know... is the first thing I should have done. We went there and got a diagnosis that was different. My daughter was suffering from Tonsilitis! Her tonsils were all swollen!!! Plus, the doctor (whom if I might add was SUPER NICE!!!) gave some tips and views about a child at 7-months age.... We ended up with some antibiotics and also with a sample of lactose free milk.

From this experience... I will know that GO STRAIGHT TO A SPECIALIST!
Of course the fee would be a bit higher (it was RM77... but it was worth the piece of mind) but it's my child's well being here... :)

Oh... and the irony was... if you wanna call it ironic.... (dont quite know how to use the word fully)...

My child turned 7-months old yesterday on the dot. And both of us (I an d my wife) were born in 1977.... the bill from the doctor was also the two nice numbers of 7 and 7.
LOL!... :) I just found that a bit amusing :) And coincidental...

But hey... all's well now I hope. My daughter's recovering, and hopefully recover fully by today or tomorrow :)

Ok. Now back to work for me :)

Cheerios!