A Long Fever Episode

I hadn’t been feeling too well since the beginning of this week.

Monday (30/04/2007)
I woke up in the morning feeling slightly feverish, Mommy took my temperature and it was above the 38°c mark. Mommy decided to take a day off work and spent a day with me.

Other than the high temperature, I looked perfectly alright. I was still very active and could even run around in the supermarket when she brought me downstairs to shop for some grocery.

Tuesday (01/05/2007)
Today is a public holiday – Labour Day. I hadn’t recovered from the fever yet. My temperature dropped after taking paracetamol but it would increase again after few hours. Daddy and Mommy decided to spend the day at home since I was still unwell. Daddy even bought back hotcakes for me.

Having hotcakes for breakfast

Other than the fever and running nose, I was still active and seem perfectly alright. Around noon, my temperature crossed the 39°C mark. As I was already on 4 hourly paracetamol and it wasn’t time to take the medicine yet, Daddy had no other choice but to administer a dose of suppository. I felt very awkward after that and kept saying that I wanted to poo. I went to the toilet and sat on the toilet bowl for a good whole 15 minutes. In the end, some part of the suppository was passed out in the process. Luckily, part of the suppository took effect and my temperature began to drop under the scary 39°C mark. Daddy and Mommy kept sponging me with cold water. I didn’t like that feeling of cold water getting onto my forehead. But Daddy told me that if I didn’t allow him to sponge me, he would have to administer another dose of suppository if my temperature went too high. I had no choice but to allow the sponging to continue.

I went to take a nap at around 2pm and it turned out to be my record breaking nap – from 2pm to 9pm. At 9pm, I woke up for a short milk break before falling back to sleep again. Throughout the night, Daddy constantly monitored my temperature and my temperature was below 37°C throughout the night.

Wednesday (02/05/2007)
In the morning, my temperature went up again despite I was okay throughout the night last night. It was already day number 3. Daddy and Mommy were pretty worried and decided to make a trip to visit Dr Koh. As expected, I was given antibiotics and a lot of other medicines too. At the same time, I got an update of my weight and height - height: 91cm and weight: 14.2kg.

Daddy had to visit a doctor too coz he was infected by my virus and was down with fever too. He was given 2 days of MC to rest at home. Mommy stayed at home to look after both of us.

In the late afternoon after I woke up from my nap, Mommy got the scare of her lift when she discovered that my temperature hit 40°C. Without any delay, Daddy administered a dose of suppository. Lucky, that did the trick and my temperature managed to drop after a short while. My temperature stayed under 37°C throughout the night again (just like Tuesday night).

Thursday (03/05/2007)
Somehow, my fever came back in the morning again. Since Daddy stayed home with me since he was on MC. For most part of the day, my temperature lingered at around 37.4°C. In fact, Daddy seemed more sick than me and he should be the one who should rest more. I was a good gal and I didn’t bother Daddy much. When Daddy took a nap in the afternoon, I took my nap too.

Today (04/05/2007)
Finally, it was the end of this long fever episode. My temperature was normal and I went back to school. After such a long break, I wasn’t used to going the school. This morning, I even claimed that I didn’t need to go to school coz I wasn’t well and I was having fever… =P.