We brought Kieran to Dr Ong EK, his paediatrician at Mount Alvernia.
Its not teething.
He ruled out UTI by doing a urine test. Kieran cannot pee by will yet so the nurse paste a urine bag at his penis to collect urine. Kieran was extremely pissed about that. Must be so uncomfortable!
Ruled out ear infection as he checked his ears.
Kieran had sore throat and doctor said it might be virus infection.
We were given panadol and nurofen (if he had very high fever), and doctor said high fever will not cause brain damage, its a myth. Well, I long suspected it is but better safe than sorry.
So that night when we brought Kieran home, he cried and cried and threw tantrums and kept calling "mummy! mummy!" until he nursed and cried himself to sleep. Yesterday night and today afternoon, the same happened. And while he's not sleeping, he's also super cranky and fussy and kept requesting for mummy or papa to play with or walk around with him. And no matter what we do, he will fuss.
When a child is sick, the parents suffer lots. Worries and exhaustion!
Tonight, I must be prepared for another difficult and long night. Sigh.
Parenting. This is the journey every parent must undergo.
There won't be help tomorrow. I hope hubby can stay home again like today. Although hubby was also sick and had to sleep most of the time and couldn't help all the time, his presence at home and his help in the morning when I'm most sleepy and "not myself" helps a lot. Gosh, I'm really not a morning person and I really hate waking up early and having to deal with my "work" immediately. And this "work" requires immediate attention, takes no excuses, and has high demands and standards.
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