Baby diarrhea and vomiting and another mother I would like to murder
Jan 12th 2009DiyanaLuth Mikael
After work on Thursday, I gave Miki one of his favorite snacks – Calsi-Yum. Later when Azman has arrived, we went out to dinner. In the car, Miki suddenly vomited on himself and I. My pants were soaked and so was his shirt. Leftover vomits were making puddles on the car seat.
We detoured back home, clean ourselves up. Miki looked tired so we figured he needed a nap. He drank two ounce of formula and slept. After a few minutes he stirred and barfed. IN HIS SLEEP! Milk vomit splattered all over, on his clothes, on the mattress, the floor even on his head.
I called his babysitter to ask if he had been vomiting at her house but she said no. There was another kid however, slightly older than Miki, who had been suffering the same sickness the day before. We changed him and while we were getting ready to see the doctor he barfed again. Traces of rice he had earlier sketched world map on my beloved sofa and the carpet.
Before we even got a chance to clean him up he vomited again this time just clear fluid. Panic stricken my heart, we rushed to KPMC hospital near our place. No pediatrician around at 9pm only the GP. She said Miki needs to be admitted and be given the drips. I winced at the idea of a needle poking my baby but I guessed that is for the best.
So Miki was admitted. We were given a room on the third floor. No other patient was there. And wait for the paed to come. And we wait. Miki barfed one more time. And started to get cranky.
I breastfed him and he fell asleep. Then he woke up whining. At 12.30am the paed arrived. I told her if the treatment for my baby is waiting in a room, we also have room in our house. Azman kept quite, if he opened his mouth, nastier words would come out.
The doc said Miki was okay and could go home. He probably got the bug infected from the sick kid at the babysitter’s. She said I need to continue breastfeeding and that’s all. We were given the syrup in case Miki got fever.
On the way home suddenly he had diarrhea. It smelled like rotten fish. I wanted to scream in despair. Just after the doc said that he was okay, he had gotten diarrhea.
Miserably we decided to wait and see. Through out the night Miki tossed and turned. He pacified on me and I only got to sleep no earlier than 5am. Luckily no diarrhea or vomiting during the night, but he did soaked his diaper with diarrhea the moment he woke up in the morning.
He continued to vomit a couple of more times so brought him the see another paed. Got the same advice by her – feed Miki ORS and breastmilk.
My problem is Miki refused the ORS and I don’t produce milk like a New Zealand cow anymore. Miki has been drinking 4-5 bottles of 7oz formula everyday plus unrecorded breastmilk at night, I doubt I can naturally feed him that much without the help of good old formula.
Luckily Miki didn’t refuse 100Plus. Yes, he drank flat 100Plus as adviced by the paed. So throughout Friday Miki lived on 100Plus and breastmilk. He stopped vomiting by the diarrhea continued. He looked hopelessly lethargic to me. By Miki’s standard, sitting on his parents lap dengan penuh sopan-santun is scary. That’s not him. Miki is supposed to be meleding-leding macam ulat beluncas. That’s the real Miki.
On Saturday he totally refused 100Plus. Only wanted breastmilk and nothing else. Surprisingly he seemed so much better and started to become his ulat-beluncas self. I must still be a New Zealand cow without knowing it. But to my dismay he had gone as light as feather:NM
Today on Sunday, I praised God his condition has improved a great deal. He pooped only 5 times whereby only once diarrhea. ( yesterday 6-7 times diarrhea) I am glad his stool is not so watery anymore, but I am so distressed with the fact that he has lost so much weight.
I WORKED SO HARD FATTENING HIM UP BEFORE I CAN EAT HIM WITH GRETEL! He was 9kilos before he was sick and now I just don’t wanna know. He has emaciated so much its heart breaking!
I know this kinda bug infection is pretty normal. But dammit I cannot stop this boiling anger inside me from quit cursing the mother of the sick child at Miki’s babysitter’s. What the hell!! Her baby was vomiting every 20minutes and still she sent him there.
YOU ARE GONNA GET OTHER KIDS INFECTED, YOU WICKED WITCH! YOU GOT MY KID SICK!!! YOU OUGHTTA BE SHOT WITH SENAPANG GAJAH!
Please mothers out there, try not to spread your child’s disease if you can. Its just cruel. And please let me know any tips to cure Miki fast.. thanks… Its his birthday next weekend. ?
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