12 Nov 2010 by
shoppingmum
Things can be very unpredictable. Kids especially!
Hubby and I thought that Isabelle would look so cute in her white gown, stockings, boots, white gloves, and all ready for her performance at school today, but what do you know? She was too sick to attend.
It all happened last night. I fed her dinner, and she puked suddenly. I was actually thinking….is my cooking that bad? But then, hubby said the yam rice was nice. So, it should not be the cooking. Or is it the veggie? If not, it MUST BE the weather, virus, heaty body and etc.
Whatever it is, hubby and I were awake the whole night cleaning up Isabelle, and changing the bedsheets, blankets, comforter, and tonnes of towels! It’s an ugly scene. At one time she even puked on her own hair, and I couldn’t give her a good wash in the middle of the night. She was screaming, so I just quickly clean off the watery stuff off her hair, and dry her up. I bet all 3 of us smelled so bad last night.
Oh ya, she pooped twice also, in diapers. Thank god I let her wear diaper as she could not control her motion. It’s watery too, what else did she have left in her tummy? It’s all FLUSHED out. At 4am, she puked again. This time, it’s nothing much but yellowish sustains and water. I really got a shock and urged hubby to send her to the hospital. I couldn’t sleep, so I updated in FB, kaypoh here and there before I totally knocked out on my bed. Then only I realized that I haven’t slept at all!
I thought I would get a call from hubby that Isabelle’s admitted, but they came home. It seemed like the paed said let her take some medication first, and see how it goes.
So this morning, the zombie parents got themselves very severe panda eyes, but Justin was very excited about his concert. We brought Isabelle along to school but she was not into it. So, we brought her back after telling the teachers that she’s not going to make it. The kids would only perform at noon, thus we skipped the morning session of the school’s anniversary function, and I went to work for awhile.
Hubby stayed home with Isabelle, and coincidentally, our cleaner was in today. We got her to help us to babysitter Isabelle for 2 hours while we went to watch Justin’s performance. Isabelle was too lethargic to leave home!
The kids took nap in the afternoon, and I found that Isabelle was having a fever. With her previous fever fit attack, I thought I better fed her some paracetamol. But she puked even worse, and her diarrhea had really scared me a lot. There was nothing in her system to flush out, after not being able to swallow anything for almost 24 hours. So, I decided to bring her to the hospital again. I packed, and grabbed both kids in the car. Actually, Isabelle refused to go because she was so afraid of getting poked for drips again.
Oh well, we had no choice. I know she had to be on drip because she couldn’t eat anything, nor taking her medicine. She screamed a lot when she was prepared for drips, and also her blood sample taken. I was asked to stand outside though.
As for hubby, he still insisted on going for his night golf! LOL! Classic …
Anyway, the nurses were a great help. They helped her when she needed to get her stool sample, and also pampered her a lot. She dozed off to sleep before 7pm, and didn’t wake much until now. Her fever was subsided too, so it’s a right decision to get her admitted.
Justin stayed for the night with me in the room too. He didn’t want to spend the night with BIL, but it’s ok. He packed his stuffs to keep himself occupied.
Right now, all 4 of us are in the same room at the hospital. The room is big enough for us, with one of those modern coffee tables, cupboards, and even 2 tier sofa beds! All of us have enough space to sleep comfortably tonight! So, I better go catch some sleep. I’ve fully abused the free wireless in the ward. LOL!
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