it's funny how we seem to have long stretches of good health, then suddenly a whole avalanche happens and buries us for a little while...

the last time e kids were sick was ard january this year. and that was for ky's headaches and racing heartbeat... it's thankfully been quiet since then... but lest we become complacent, God has just dealt us a healthy bout of ill health. :)

well, kay has had a tummy-ache for a month, and it may be pointing to a dairy allergy. so she's now in the midst of trying to modify that and hoping the problem will soon pass.

ky came down with a runny nose and cough after meeting up with some sick buddies. within a day he was wheezing, and by e 2nd morning, lying unhappily wilted on e sofa, too dizzy to walk. i thought it was his blood-oxygen levels getting low, but waited til after lunch to see if his inhaler wd kick in. it never did, and he only got worse, so off we all went to kkh...

along e way ky was feeling faint and threatening to puke in e kind gentleman's taxi.  we were whisked in to e red doors quickly, once arrived... someone helping push him in a wheelchair to e bed while i took care of kay and e paperwork. (poor kid, he was scared and didnt want to leave me...)  he had 3 rounds of inhaler there and by night-time still showed no improvement. 

he'd also stated puking, which was qt out of the ordinary. it was a young doc he saw and i noticed too late that the normal action plan had not bn followed.  his growing palour, dizziness, wheeze and vomiting really bothered me as i'd never seen him that bad b4.  i smsd some friends to pray for him, then called dh to come over and help with kay after work. together we saw him throwing up repeatedly...all meds, food and even water.

at 9.30pm i finally asked dh to get kay home and bathed. e doc wanted him admitted but dh preferred i go home and settle kay...going back later to admit him if necc. poor kid...we were finally discharged with a bag of liquid meds, none-of-which he cd keep down. 

later that night he was up constantly with his head in the bucket...his whole body racked with spasms as he cried and cried in pain and whooziness. i packed his bags at 1am and was ready to call a cab...only to realise he was too heavy for me to carry and too dizzy to walk.  so i lay down with him and prayed and prayed and held his hand, promising it wd soon pass, and we both fell asleep...  

and the next morning all was well!... still nauseaus and wheezing, but starving hungry!  a good sign indeed!  and good ole granny dropped by with prata, loads of 100-plus (and even lemon tea for me!...)  

as expected, 3 days after e kkh visit, kay came down with an unexplained fever which lasted a while...high at night, moderate in e day.. then after 5 days, it just mysteriously left... so strange... but the tummy-ache still lingers on...