Justin’s Down with Influenza A
It’s going to be a rather long post, so it’s more for my own record.
Last Friday, hubby was down with fever, and he left work early. Each time he has a fever, he will sleep without air conditioning, so he tugged in with the kids who sleep without air con after midnight. Yours truly here cannot survive without air-conditioning though.
The next morning, he’s still pretty sick. I prepared an early lunch and got the kids fed and changed. Then, we brought hubby to the hospital for check up. My initial thought was to send the kids to my office and ask the office maid to take care of them, but Justin refused to go. He’s quite sticky to us actually. Thus, all of us tagged along to the hospital, which was so crowded that Saturday afternoon. I even joked to hubby that this private hospital makes good biz huh? LOL!
Anyway, the whole process from seeing the doctor, to taking a jab and get the med from the dispensary to paying the bills took about 3 hours. No joke! We were there for 3 freaking hours! So, Justin might have caught influenza A virus from other patients at the hospital, or from hubby. Hubby was down with high fever over 39.5 deg and I can’t remember what jab he took.
So basically, hubby was just sleeping through the weekend, while I took the kids to classes on Sunday. Between the switching from piano / ballet class to Chinese class, hubby dropped by. He said Justin’s feverish, so he brought him home while I stayed back to wait for Isabelle.
When I got home, the boy was sleeping. He was not himself, and his fever got worse. Actually, we have 2 guys at home with high fever now, and it’s not a pretty Sunday. Justin slept with hubby that night while I was with Isabelle. Hubby took care of him, but his fever didn’t subside even with paracetamol. So, hubby brought him to the pediatrician at the hospital while I went to work. I had a few important customer visits this week, and it’s all planned a week before. We thought he might just catch some viral so he should be fine. Isabelle was at school as usual.
Who knows? Justin really got infected by influenza A virus, after a swab test. I was shocked when I heard that over the phone. I was miles away in another side of the town, so I could only be at the hospital after lunch. Nonetheless, my mind was still working well, and I planned everything despite being quite panic.
Firstly, I asked for SIL to help me with Isabelle. She better spent a night with them than with hubby or me at the hospital. Then, I went back to pack some clothes and necessities and went to pick up Isabelle from school. I sent her to my office maid, and she took care of Isabelle for me. After that, off I went to the hospital to see Justin.
He’s admitted in a twin sharing room because they were out of single room. It’s not a good idea. We requested a single room and got it after someone checked out in the late evening. Hubby went back to pick Isabelle and pack too. After dinner, he sent Isabelle off to SIL.

Justin slept most of the time.

The doctor gave him some stickers and vitamin C to make him feel “better”.

Transferred to single room, and he couldn’t even open his eyes to watch TV.
During those hours, Justin’s temperature didn’t drop much. He was measured at 39.5 – 39.7 deg, and he was str*pped and sponged by the nurses after each measurement. That’s the only time he’s conscious and crying too as he’s in cold. They had to sponge him to bring down the temperature, on top of giving med and drips. However, the lowest he could go was 39.1 deg and it’s not good.
So, the whole night was all about measuring (4 hourly) then sponged, then fed medicine, and all got some rest. Hubby and I took turns to sleep beside him, and I would say both of us didn’t sleep much that night. Nonetheless, I did knock out for a while after the 4am routine and took a nap on the sofa. Really tired jor…
But luckily, the room is quite good. We could take shower (everything is provided, including towels), and help ourselves with lots of coffee and water to stay alert. Coffee is given too, so it’s good enough.
At 8am, the doctor came. His temperature dropped to 38.4 deg, and it’s such a relief. The doctor said that he can go home, but needed to come back a day after for check up again. We were so pleased to hear that! Resting at home is much better than staying at the hospital.
After his temperature subsided slightly, Justin was more alert. He walked around for awhile, but got back to the room after he found out that he couldn’t play at the wooden swing set and slides at the mini playground. He’s still on drip so he couldn’t move much. Hubby even asked him why he walked so small step? This daddy hoh? Thinks his boy can go down from the bed and run already. After not eating for more than 24 hours, can you be back to your usual self and run ah? *slap head*

Walked a bit in the next morning
He didn’t have much appetite but he took a few spoons of porridge. That’s good enough. It would take awhile before he felt like eating again. At least he’s conscious and more alert now. On and off, he took some naps. He was discharged after lunch, and his temperature subsided further. We were so glad!
Then, hubby went to pick up Isabelle from school. This time, we got ourselves a feverish gal. I thought I could at least get some sleep at home but I was up taking care of a feverish gal. But then, her temperature was not too high. I guess her body is fighting the infection gua…
So, both kids are at home today due to self quarantine. Hubby went back to work after resting for so many days. Actually, his colleague was diagnosed with influenza A yesterday, so we suspect that hubby got the virus and passed to our boy.
Anyway, Justin will go for his check up tomorrow, and I think he should be fine by now. It’s Isabelle that I’m monitoring closely. She’s a tougher cookie, and she takes “longer” to get sick. Right now, her fever really not much and she’s fully active and alert. If she has fever tonight, she will be seeing the pediatrician with Justin tomorrow .






