I think pwede na ako mag-doctor.
Charot.
I mean, doctor based on experiences as a mom. Nice siguro if they give mothers basic medicine courses ano? Kahit may board exams din hahaha! I know you can relate kasi there are really moments na you just want to know and understand what’s wrong with your kid right then and there. Para less panic modes din, don’t you think.
Anyway, ikwento ko na here for learnings.
During exam week last week, Anika was already complaining that she was kinda not feeling well at night. She was masigla and she didn’t have any fever so I thought she was just coming down with colds. I gave her Vitamin C twice a day and instructed her to drink lots of water. Thankfully, she was able to take all her exams. However, last Friday afternoon, Alvin called me to tell me that Anika has fever. Yeah. A day before the Kiddo-preneur bazaar, may lagnat siya.
I went home immediately and took care of her. I prayed and prayed na sana this is one of those fevers that goes away overnight.
Boy, I was wrong.
I was up all night monitoring her. After the effect of the Paracetamol wears off, she gets fever again pero hindi naman umaabot ng 39 degrees..
The next morning, she had a 39 degree fever. There was no way she can go to the bazaar and sell.
After attending to her and making all the bilins, I left for the Kiddo-preneur bazaar. As much as I wanted to stay home with Anika, I had to go because the other stuff that Maeko needed were with me.
I went home around lunchtime because Alvin said that Anika has a high 39 degree something fever.
Stress.
I wasn’t able to go also to Faye’s baby shower after the bazaar and I really felt bad. Kaso, feeling ko Anika needs her Nanay more than ever. I’m not saying that Alvin can’t take care of her but iba talaga ang alaga ng Nanay.
When I got home, Anika’s fever went down. I gave her Ibuprofen kasi and wiped iced water on her. Ang lambing lambing ni Anika pagmay sakit. She wanted me to hug her lang all the time. The whole afternoon, her fever was managable at 37.8 degrees.
However, the high fever comes back after the effect of Ibuprofen wears off. While I was feeding her,
“Nanay, can you just please stay here with me and embrace me?”
Hay. Nakakatunaw.
The scary part came around 2:30 am kaninang umaga.
She had a 40 degree fever and 30 seconds after I gave her Ibuprofen, she threw up. Her suka had blood. Then blood came rushing out her nose too.
Akala ko hihimatayin ako.
There were so much blood everywhere!
We rushed her to Asian Hospital and I noticed that the nosebleed has not stopped even though we were putting pressure on her nose.
The kind ER doctor checked on her. She was so nice to panicking Anika. She ordered for blood test and Dengue test. I prayed nasa hindi Dengue.
The results arrived after 2 hours. It was already 5am then. Negative sa Dengue.
Thank God.
Viral lang daw. Expect fever for up to a week. Paracetamol for ever and plenty of liquids. Nebulize if there’s difficulty in breathing because of colds. Salinese for her nose pagstuffy. Air humidifier for the room para wag magdry ang hangin.
We were told that very sensitive daw yung mga veins ng kids sa nose. Mabilis mag-errupt pagmay sipon hence the nosebleeding. Then nagdrip na yung blood sa throat ni Anika so there was blood in her vomit too.
We were sent home with the instructions.
There are so many kids with viral infections nowadays so wash hands always and boost the immune system.
Take extra care of the little ones, mommies.