Baby was finally bitten by the virulent bug that had bitten everyone in the family and she’s the last one in the family to be down. She has phlegm and a slight stuffy nose. She had low-grade fever (37.5 to 37.8 degrees) for about 3 days and I finally brought her to the paed 2 days ago when my hubs and mil kept pestering me to bring her for a check-up, just to be safe. This paed is not pro-oral meds knowing very well Baby’s medical history. As usual, he only prescribed Baby with Ventolin, Iliadin nasal drops (which I didn’t use on her as she got better on the same day we brought her to the paed) and PCM (only fed her with 2 doses of PCM over 3 days). I find sponging her body / showering her very effective in bringing the fever down. Her fever normally spikes up during mid night till the wee hours of the morning. For 2 nights, I had to drag her up from bed to force some water down her throat, which she of course protested and screamed murder.
Baby survived on only biscuits, E.Excel’s Nutrifresh, a little bread and some soy bean milk for 2 days. She had no appetite for other food, even soup, which is her favorite.
Oh yes, she also got her calcium and calories from ice-creams! Since she didn’t like the taste of water, I gave her ice cubes instead, which she absolutely loved!
My sick little kitty with a wet towel on her head and ice pack to cool her body. When Baby had high fever for days after her surgeries last year, the nurses used ice pack to bring the temperature down.
