Today really a long anxious waiting and waiting day.
This morning Mummy decided to bring Belle go to visit Dr Liew again, because her fever supposed to be subside on Monday. Today is Wednesday already, and last night she was coughing and can hear her phlegm is getting back. She still can run up and down even at Dr Liew’s clinic. Dr Liew did a blood test and swab test, then Belle took a nasal treatment to reduce her phlegm. She was grumping when taken the treatment.
After 15 minutes medication, we were directed to outside to waiting for the result and Dr consultation. It is confirmed that Belle is infected with the AH1N1 virus. At that moment of time, Mummy was stunned and do not know what to know. Dr Liew said we have 2 options: admit to the hospital and let the hospital take care everything as they do have the equipments and the medicine, or another option will be in and out patient, that take care the her in the house. He was recommended that admitted to hospital.
On the spot, Mummy was calling Daddy to tell him this news. Really a ‘breaking news’ for him! We chose the SDMC (Sime Darby Medical Centre) instead of SMC (Sunway Medical Centre). Immediate after, Mummy drove Belle to SDMC straight and waited for Daddy there. At first, Mummy gone to the Emergency Ward, after the nurses saw the letter from Dr. Liew, then they directed us to the Consultant Paediatrician Dr Khoo. She was not in when we were there, after a few minutes Daddy came already.
We did the registration, and wait for our turn, we were no. 9, and Dr Khoo was not in yet, she was then in only around 10.30am. We were waited so long. Finally our turn was around 12 noon already. Dr Khoo consultation room is not big but full of toys. May be due to too long waiting, Belle started to get impatience, not doing whatever Dr told. By seeing her situation like that, Dr Khoo was advising that Belle can take medication in home.
As we were asking about our family need to be quarantine or any precaution action need to be done? According to her, AH1N1 has become a seasonal common flu worldwide already, as long as adults do not feels headache, fever, stuffy nose, difficult breathing, etc, we still can go to work.
Dr Khoo did check through Dr Liew medicine that given to Belle, Belle still can continue back whatever prescriptions before, and she added one more medicine the Oseltamivir, known as Tamiflu. The medicine will be 2.5ml 2 times a day for 5 days. A complete coarse for 5 days. After 5 days, we will have another session again. That will be on Monday.
It was about 1.00pm when we left SDMC. We having our Dim Sum as lunch at USJ 21, then we came back home. Let Belle took her medicine, Mummy was doing some hygienic cleaning in the house: changing bed sheets, washing the clothes, blankets, all with Dettol. Even though she is sick, but she is still playing with Issac. After her night medicine, she felt tired and went to sleep.
What a tiring day, hope days come things will be better…
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