Poo(r) Health

Bryan fell ill about 6 weeks ago with a bout of stomach flu. The poor boy had fever (just under 38 degrees), cough and diarrhoea. We brought him to the paed the next morning, returning with a handful of medicine - paracetamol for fever, benadryl for cough, smecta for diarrhoea and oralite to replenish loss of salt & fluids from the body. In addition, Bryan had to go on lactose-free milk.

The fever went off fairly quickly but the diarrhoea persisted over the next week. I called the paed about 5 days later and was advised to change the brand of formula, also lactose free. No change. I was getting very worried. What could possibly be wrong? We even stopped his cereal and eliminated all meat/fruits/veg from his diet since onset of the runs. The only good news was that Bryan showed no signs of fatigue - he was still his usual self.

I couldn't tahan anymore so off we went back to the paed last Sunday and we finally put Bryan on soy milk instead as the paed suspected cow's milk protein intolerance. True enough, the diarrhoea stopped just after one day. We will continue with the soy milk for another month before moving him back onto full formula. Fingers crossed!

Bryan boy, you get well soon ok. Mama is so proud of you for not fussing even one bit when you were ill. You continued to be active and happy, and eat anything that is given to you - including the plain tasting porridge with smecta and the foul-smelling soy milk.


(Note: For obvious reasons, there will not be any photos for this entry!)