Unwelcome guest - Stomach flu. Day #1 and #2

While picking up keke at the school on Friday, i received a call from your kindy teacher saying that you had sudden fever. I was shocked hearing that as in the morning when i dropped you to school, you seems ok.Thus, when she asked whether can she give you a dose of fever medicine or not, i told teacher, "nope, it's ok, i will pick her up shortly" Deep in my heart, i hope that you are not having stomach flu, but my instinct told me that it's high chance that you are attacked by stomach flu.

According to school teacher, you throw out twice in the school, first time is after afternoon nap and second time is before dinner. Since you are not havving good appetitie after that, so your dinner is just 2 pieces of biscuit. You seems a bit not so active when i picked you up, i guess probably you feel tired after vomit.

You didn't take anything while we went out for dinner, you only drink one glass of barley and awhile later you complained that stomach not feeling well. Quickly, we went home, but instead of poo, you vomited out the barley that you had during dinner. After a while, you asked for biscuit, and with heavy heart, we have to give you since you are not having any food since 3pm and you in fact vomited 3 times, your stomach must be very empty. Luckily no vomit after that.

Thought that everything is over as you asked for pan mee as lunch on Saturday. however, on our way to QBM for movie, you vomited in the car. Sigh. Means, it's not over though, there is still some toxic in your stomach that need to clear out. Again, after vomit, you said you are ok. So, we still proceed for our movie plan.

Everything seems ok until 5:20pm. On our way out to drop keke for his swimming class , you vomited in the car. We turned back home and clean you up as well as cleaning the car. Thought everything is over, but again, i am wrong. After a while, you throut out again in the car, but this time i am well prepared, i quickly gave you a plastic bag and guess what...i saw some yellowish fluid coming out from your mouth, and without second doubt, we bring you to see doctor. As Saturday is off day for Adventist hospital, so we need to go to Emergency Room and luckily Dr Khaw already there treating other patients thus we just need to wait for a while for our turn.

When Dr Khaw checked at you, and as soon as he heard mummy saying there is yellowish fluid out from your mouth, he said that fluid coming from gallbladder. Oh no....meaning the infection is very very bad. As both doctor and us do not wish to go for admission, so we decided to have the treatment at home. However, doctor recommended that you need to have one injection to stop the vomit. As a result, we have many types of medicine for you:-

• Injection to stop the vomit
• Motilium
• Probiotic
• Unasyn antibiotic
• Paracetamol
• ORS

 Gosh, all of us has concern, how to let you take so many medicine at once, surely you will throw out all the medicine. Thus, the recommendation is, give you the medicine separately with the interval of 30 minutes. And the only food that you can take during this period is white bread and porridge. After the painful injection, you making noise saying you are hungry, which is good sign as you didn't ask for food almost 2 days. Suddenly, i am out of idea where to eat and after a while, this place finally come to my mind, De Happy seafood restaurant as they serve teochew porridge.
Wow, you have a real good appetite, you ate 1.5 bowls of PLAIN porridge. Daddy and mummy a bit hesitate to let you eat so much, but seeing you eating the plain porridge happily, so we keep pray that no vomit after that. Phew....everything ok, no vomit after the porridge.

Before we call off the night, mummy told you that we will be waking you up middle of the night for fever medicine. Need to pre-alert you so that you wont be cranky at middle of the night while we wake you up.