Worry, Worry, Worry

Another traumatic night for all 3 of us - VT, Bryan and myself. Bryan was still nursing a fever (about 37.5 degrees) when we returned home last night. I gave him a dose of paracetomal and stuck a slab of Kool Fever aid on his forehead when he was fast asleep.

He was tossing and turning the whole night, letting out little wails here and there. I suspect that it could be due to him teething as well because he has been salivating more than usual and had been thrusting 3-4 fingers into his mouth during the day. I applied some baby Orajel and Bryan managed to sleep a bit.

Then at around 4am, I could feel his body shiver and tremble. Surely that can't be a good sign! VT took his temperature and it registered 39.2 degress Celcius! We couldn't believe our eyes!! Took it again and same thing. We immediately packed him into the car (despite him protesting because he was rudely awoken) and sped to Damansara Specialist Hospital. The doc on-duty gave him a Voltren suppository to help bring down the temperature quickly. As usual, Bryan cried when the doc tried to listen to his heartbeat and examine his ears & mouth. Some conclusion as Bryan's paed - no signs of other symptoms.

We are getting more worried by the day that this could be dengue as there are usually no other symptoms as well. The rashes do not typically appear until Day 4-5 and today is Day 2. If his fever persists into Day 3, we will have to do a blood test for platet count.

Dear God, I pray to You that You will lay your healing hands on Bryan and that this is merely a viral infection which will clear itself soon. Please do not let harm befall on my baby boy. Amen.