HFMD

Came back on Tue evening and found out that Jon had a fever on Mon and a couple of mouth ulcers on Tue. He didn't drink much coz his ulcers hurt. He also cried a little that night, coz his mouth hurt and was dry from not drinking water. By midnight, Jon had a slight fever. Thankfully by then, he was in deep sleep and took a bottle of milk laced with paracetamol. That brought his fever down almost immediately.

On Wed, we stayed home and I played with him. After praying for him, I tired to give him water by the syringe. He was agreeable! He managed to drink two bottles of 200ml, one syringe of 5ml at a time! For lunch, he only managed a few grains of rice, and a bowl of soup.

After his nap, I saw rashes on his hands! Oh no, could it be Hand, Foot, Mouth Disease? By evening, some rash also appeared on his legs. But he wasn't running a fever and thankfully, he took liquids. At one time, I gave him so much water on an empty stomach that Jon felt like throwing up. I quickly gave him some sweetened Milo and he felt better.

Thursday. Brought him to the doc and confirmed it was HFMD. Doc said it was strange that the rash appeared so late. Jon has to skip school for 5 days. And it was the tail end of the disease. Jon was already smiling, and chatting. I think it's coz he had his mommy back by his side *wink*.

I am thankful that his ulcers don't cause him so much pain anymore. and he could also take half his usual intake of rice, with lots of soup. and I am also grateful that most of the pain were on the first two days, and I only had to contend with one night of interrupted sleep. Aiyo, when Jon cried, Jill also cried coz she was disturbed. Had to quickly comfort one then the other.

I pray that Jill and Mabel will not get it, as they are staying in under one roof. Mabel had fever, but this is from her teething and her gums hurt her so much until there's mouth ulcers too. We have to vigilant that Jill doesn't touch Jon's stuff and when he does take her stuff, we have to clean them before Jill gets her hands on them. And the adults have to be careful too least they get HFMD too. Heard that a family we know, all contacted the disease.