ZQ ran a fever between 37-38+ recently and I discovered that I, rather the family is ill prepared for such situations. Being a rather healthy boy, he seldoms fall sick and hence, I had forgotten what to expect during fevers. So long it's not >39, it should be quite safe.
We gave him fever medication but the fever went up and down, it seems forever and he is not getting well. Brought him to the doc when it went up to 39 degrees and discovered that he might have contracted dengue when doc asked if he had different color stool, namely black. I had never seen black stool in my life but yet, my maid said yes, he have had black stool twice that day. I flipped and chided her for not telling me such important information. How often does one see black stool? and she thought it was the black raisin she gave him - prob alot I guess, to think that she'd associate that to the black stool.
Did his blood test the following day as doc says ZQ is still ok except the high temperature and no dengue was found. What a relief.
Bottomline : I am gonna make a what i'd call a "no brainer steps" manual so that we'd follow certain instructions when fever strikes again.
Things which the family (hubby, myself, maid, father in law, mother in law) disagrees on in handling the fever were :-
1. When to give what med (paracetomol & ibrufen) and when to stop giving med
2. How to cool the kid down when fever runs too high (hot bath? cold water bath? sponge)
3. Keep warm? Keep cool?
4. Fan? No fan? Fan at what speed
5. Socks? no socks?
It was WW3 but someone had to make a decision and of course comes the responsibility.
So i'd recommend a manual (Mi Ji) so no one panicks when it happens - thanks to my years of training. Better get it out soon.
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