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Oh man! To be sick is bad enough but to be sick with sick young children is totally not a good combination! And I don't even know where and how we caught this bug! I was the first one to be hit - had raging high fever the whole of Saturday nite and Sunday. I was alternating between cold and hot. And the body aches I had were so painful it was an agony nursing the baby in bed. And I kept dozing off through out the day. I lived for when the baby napped so that I could crash out too. Otherwise I drifted in and out of consciousness. Thankfully the children have been well taught to be very independent so that when I manage to rouse myself from the stupor, the house wasn't thrashed. Then on Monday, the 2 younger ones got hit. The suddeness onset of the fever was what really shocked me. One moment the 3 year old was jumping over me and singing and then shortly after, she started becoming very listless and by lunch, she had a high fever of 39.2. And then she threw up....twice. Thankfully dh was around and he could help to clean up while I kept the baby away from the mess. (The last time this happened, I had to deal with a screaming baby who wanted to crawl to me while I was cleaning up vomit - not pleasant at all!). She then promptly fell asleep on the sofa. The baby then went to take her afternoon nap while I crashed out again. But then when she woke up, she had a high fever too! 38.5! I was like - huh? How come they were well one minute and totally wiped out the next? It was scary. Then came more drama - she threw up on me 4 times! She wasn't crying or coughing. She was being carried in my arms. She popped out her thumb, turned her face and threw up copious amount of milk and part of her lunch. We got her changed and then she threw up again and again and again! It was really scary. But the thing was she was totally unfazed by it all. It was already 7pm when the drama happened. Our paed does not run a night clinic. So we called him to ask if we should go and check into the A & E department or just wait till the morning to see him. He told us that unless there is blood in her stools or bile in her vomit then we could wait till the morning to see him. The worry was dehydration with all that throwing up. In that case, she needed to be warded and be put on a drip. Oh man! I did not want that! So we prayed and I sms-ed our prayer warriors to pray for us. Amazingly, the baby's fever cleared with no medication within an hour's time! And the 3 year old's fever was brought under control thru nurofen. More drama - Wednesday, #3 was hit. Again, the fever was high, 39.2. And on Thursday, #2 was next. And again, her fever hit 39 degrees. And when she woke up this morning, Friday, she threw up 4 times. Thankfully, she threw up in the toilet and not in bed! It has been a long tiring week. Most of us are on the road to recovery - I hope! And I pray that the bug stops here! A friend said that she had a bug go round and round the kids for 3 weeks! Yikes! I really thank God that dh has been able to be around for us all this week. Otherwise, it'd really be a Herculean task trying to function alone with kids falling sick left, right and centre! Thank you saints for praying for us. It is really appreciated!!! ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Articles for the Christian SAHM can be found at : |
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