Erlene is sick..

Mummy: My princess is down with flu & mild fever since Sat morning.. She kept sneezing and had serious runny nose and mild fever.. Had brought her to see Dr. David yest morng..

Till today, she still hv runny nose, no more fever but I heard her coughing.. =(
Erlene does not like to take medicine.. She will throw out each time we feed her the med..
We had no choice but to mix the med into her milk..

Haiz, hope she gets well soon..

Ervin is sick

mummy: ervin is down with fever n flu since yesterday. his fever got worse today, he has serious running nose n keep sneezing.. poor boy.. so heartache to see him in this state.. really hope he gets well real soon..

Fever again =((

Mummy: This morning juz before i left for work, i realised that Ervin had fever when i carried him.. took his temp and it showed a high of 38.2.. haizzz.. gave him a dose of panadol and went to work.. but told ana to call me immediately should his fever got worse.. however as i still feel worried, i took half day leave.. when i reached home, i took his temp again and was shocked when it shoot to 39.1 .. Thus, i decided to bring him straight to kkh immediately.. doc did both bloodtest & urine test for him and result was ok.. in kkh, his fever went up to a highest of 39.5 .. =( doc asked us to monitor him at home.. unless he showed signs of listless or when fever shoot to above 40/41 den we will need to bring him back.. he is on panadol every 4 hours on the dot..

ervin, papa bought u a gift juz now.. hope u get well sooooon...

Ervin had Croup... =(

Mummy: Haizzz.. it is really v sad to see the kids fall sick one after another.. Was feeling happy that erlene has recovered only to be sad again cos ervin fell sick last Friday night (or i should say Sat early morning)..
Hb and I went to attend the wedding dinner of my colleague's daughter.. When i returned home, ervin was still okay.. But shortly after hb's shower, ervin cried and vomitted when hb carried him. I quickly took his temperature & realised he was running a high fever.. He was also wheezing loudly.. Learnt my lesson well with Erlene's case last sat so i did not hesitate to ask hb to get dressed and we set off to KKH..

Again, we were directed to the RED door immediately, ervin was given a round of neubiliser and panadol for his fever.. At first we thought he had bronchiolitis like erlene but doctor said he was having Croup, which is part of Cold.. It caused the airways to be narrow which resulted in a "barking" sound.. After 2 hours of observation, he seems ok & we could go home.

However, on early sat morning i heard him started to wheeze again.. but it stopped after a while.. So we kept feeding him medicine on time.. It seems to work and ervin was OK by sun evening..

Erlene had Bronchiolities again. =(

Mummy: Sigh.. Erlene had brochiolitis again (2nd time).. Her cough started on Friday and was not that serious yet.. On Sat morning, i brought her to the GP and she was given 1 round of neubiliser & some medicine.. We still went to mil hse for dinner as usual.. but i could hear her wheezing and we brought her to another GP tat evening for 2nd round of neubiliser.. Things did not improved and poor erlene could not sleep well on Sat night.. She kept waking up every hour & cried due to cough & bad wheezing.. (*Shd hv brought her to KKH on the spot)..

Then on sun morning, we brought her back to the GP again, she was given 3rd round of neubiliser. At around 1pm, we finally brought her to KKH when we still hear her wheezing quite badly.. We were directed to the RED door immediately where she was given a round of neubiliser (her 4th round).. After 2 hours of observation, the doctor decided to admit her due to the wheezing which still exist.. During the stay, erlene recovered quickly with the regular 4 hourly neubiliser treatment.. She was discharged on Mon evening after her lungs are clear & wheezing was gone..

Having neubiliser at the GP at Hougang



Erlene resting at the Observation ward..




Erlene having the neubiliser at her bed..


Visit by ah ma..

Poor erlene..

Mummy: Erlene developed mild fever after her 2nd 6 in 1 jab today.. sigh..

Diarrhea & high fever.... Poor Ervin

Mummy : Sigh.. Ervin's review on Thursday showed good result on his bloodtest and who knows the next day, he developed high fever and diarrhea.. He had diarrhea many times till the PD was afraid he might suffer dehydration thus she advised us to admit Ervin into hospital..
We admitted him into Mt. Alvernia on Friday afternoon with a super heavy heart.. It really pained us to see him being put on drip.. :=(

Ervin exploring the playroom..


squeezing the small bed with him..


Visit by auntie karen & kylie jie jie


ervin enjoying himself in the playroom..


his favourite spot during the stay whenever he turned cranky..

Bronchiolitis..... Poor Erlene

Mummy: It started with Ervin passing the flu virus to Erlene 2 weeks ago.. As a result, Erlene suffered from serious runny nose for a week.. After she recovered from the runny nose, she developed coughing.. And the coughing get worse & worse each day.. Finally at the 5th day of her cough, we brought her to a PD and realised that her condition was rather serious as she was breathing hard & fast and we could hear "wheezing" sound too.. The PD also commented that she is coughing like an adult.. Erlene was given a dose of the nebuliser and after that the PD instructed us to bring her to KKH immediately when her condition did not improved much after the nebuliser..

At KKH, Erlene was given another dose of nebuliser. The doc informed that Erlene has to be admitted for further observation as she was only 3 months old.. During the stay, she was given nebuliser regularly but no oral medication was given.. Her appetite was poor but managed to pick up alittle.. On sunday evening, we were given the green light for her to be discharged..

Erlene going thru the nebuliser treatment..





Visit by Auntie Karen & kylie jie jie..


Erlene cheered up by daddy..


Admiringly the Minnie balloon which we bought for her..


Kor kor came to fetch Erlene home..

1st visit to PD after bone marrow test

Mummy: As advised by PD on Wed 23 Apr, although the test does not show any existence of cancerous cells, but the WBC is still v high.. Dr. Vasanthi had suggested to let Ervin start the oral medication of steroid today.. She oso told us to do another round of bloodtest prior to our visit.

Thus, on Friday morning we brought Ervin to SK polyclinic for bloodtest, his 5th bloodtest.. :-( Then we brought Ervin alongwith the bloodtest result to Dr. Vasanthi's clinic at Parkway Parade..

It was a long wait (more than an hr).. When Dr. Vasanthi saw the bloodtest result, she was happy as the WBC count has reduced by half !! From the previous 60+ to 31 now.. Though the normal range should be ard 12-15, but we were v happy as this is the FIRST TIME the WBC count has dropped ! BUT, the eosinophil is escalating to a high of 63 (normal range is 0-6) !!
Nevertheless, Dr. Vasanthi decided to postpone the steroid medication for Ervin.. Yippee !!! She told us to go for another round of bloodtest 2 weeks later..

I hope the eosinophil will reduce in 2 weeks time, & hope it will reduce by itself just like the WBC which reduce to half by itself WITHOUT any medication..

1st result .... Good News !

Mummy: Following the bone marrow test done on the past Mon, 1st result was out yesterday. Doc said MOST LIKELY not leukemia as no cancerous cells found.. So relieved after hearing that.. But the white cell count is still v high and doc said that ervin's case is a v rare case.. So gotta wait for 2 more results to be out to confirm.. Will be bringing ervin back to doc tis Fri for him to start on oral medication..

Jab marks

Mummy: Took off the bandage this morning as advised by the nurse.. Ervin was brave enuf to endure the pain and let me do it without much struggling.. My brave boy..

Felt so sim tia when i saw the jab marks and bruises around tat area.. Though the test was done while Ervin was put to sleep, i can imagine how big the needles were..

Look at those jab marks & bruises.. :(


This big plaster was ripped off from ervin's body..


The nurse has told me to put the small plaster on in case of any bleeding..

Bone Marrow Test

Mummy: Brought ervin to Mt E for the bone marrow test with a heavy heart.. :( Hb worried abt the jam at CTE thus we left home v early at 6.30am though we were required to be there ard 7.45am for admission.

After the admission procedures, we were led to the ward at level 10.. Dr. Kenny arrived first as he will be the one to draw blood for further test and to sedate ervin for the bone marrow test while Dr. Vasanthi will be doing the bone marrow test herself..

The nurses & Dr. Kenny suggested that we leave the room as we will find it more heart pain hearing ervin's cries if we stay there.. So hb & I waited outside..

We went back abt half hour later after they are done with the all procedures and saw my darling prince still sleeping.. He woke up abt 15 mins later, cried and wanted me to carry him. Although the nurse told me it's better to let him rest on the bed sideway, but i can't bear to let him cry so I carried him and he slept for another 20min in my arms..

I let him took a few sips of water.. Make 4 oz of milk but he doesn't want to drink.. Instead he ate some bread wif kaya (his standard breakfast)..

Half hour later, i asked him if he would like some milk and he nodded his head.. So we made 4 oz of milk again for him.. he finished every drop up.. He also finished 5 oz of ribena which we made.. Ate some biscuit as well..

Luckily he reacted ok after consuming all the food and we were given the green light to discharge him..

Dr Savanthi told us that the result will take abt 1-2 weeks.. Another round of waiting game.. sigh..

Waiting for admission at the lobby..


A happy ervin..


Ervin still sleeping after the procedures ..


Ervin woke up liao..


Cleaning the bed rail..


Taking a break watching commercials..

Sad day

Mummy : Less than 2 hours after returning from Mt E, the PD called me up to deliver a bad news.. The white cells count has increased even higher compared to the 2 previous bloodtest.. And the eosinophil shoot up too.. PD suggested that a bone marrow test to be conducted asap.. he recommended a bone marrow specialist to us and set up an apptmt on the same aftn 2.30pm..

I brought ervin down to meet the specialist, Dr. Savanthi and hb joined us there.. Dr. Savanthi examined ervin and could not find anything wrong wif him physically though the bloodtest result was so negative.. She advised that it is better to do the bone marrow test asap than to let the white blood cell multiply even further.. We could not get a bed at Mt E the next day (Sat) thus the test date was scheduled for Mon 21 Apr 8.30am..

I think due to too much crying in the day, after i returned home in the evening i fell sick.. Had a terrible headache, feel nauseous, serious runny nose..
My sil came by to visit us in the evening and I feel better after she gave me some massage.. Thanks, Karen..

Done alot of thinking on ervin's condition in the late evening after the kids were asleep.. I am actually more worried abt the result of the test rather than the physical test itself.. I hv a strong feeling that the result is not what i want to hear and i am not sure how i am going to take it.. I really hope it is not Leuxxxxx....

Bloodtest, bloodtest & bloodtest... Poor Ervin :(

Mummy: It started with a series of fever which come & go since mid March.. The fever in mid march lasted for a week, then ervin was OK in the following week.. Then in early april, he had fever which lasted a day long twice in a week.. In btwn this period, he oso had diarrhoea.

4th April : Brought ervin to GP as he is having quite high fever (38.3 deg), the GP was concerned abt his fever which come & go and told me to bring him to SK Polyclinic to do a bloodtest on the same morning. Thus, I rushed to polyclinic for the bloodtest and brought him back to the GP with the result.. GP said that ervin has a high white cell count. He said tis may be due to his fever.. He decided to put him on antibiotics and told me to do a 2nd bloodtest 1 week later..

11th April : Brought ervin to Policlinic to do bloodtest 1st then take the result back to GP.. GP frowned when he looked at the result.. The white cell count was even higher than previous. Another substance also exceeded the normal range by alot.. GP was concerned with the result as this bloodtest was taken when Ervin has recovered from fever. Thus, he refer us to a PD, Dr. Siva from Kinder Clinic.. So hb & i rushed ervin there on the same evening.. Dr. Siva checked ervin and found that he looked OK (except some wind in his tummy) although both bloodtest results were worrying.. he said there might be an error in the reading (i hope so..).. he suggested that we do a 3rd bloodtest for ervin 1 week later + a stool test and see how's the result..

18th April : My mum helped ervin to poo in the morning and the stool sample has to reach the hospital within 3 hours.. Thus i quickly bring ervin & his stool sample to Mount Elizabeth. At the same time, he did the 3rd bloodtest.. tis time, the bloodtest was different from the previous 2 occasions. The previous bloodtest at polyclinic was done by pricking his 3rd finger, this was less painful.. this bloodtest done at Mt E was drawn from his vein and using a bigger set of needle and 2 full tube of blood was drawn (compared to only abt 10 drops of blood drawn at polyclinic) .. Ervin cried v badly.. Feel so sim tia to see him go thru this at such a young age..

Now waiting for the result to be sent to Dr. Siva's clinic.. Hope his result will improve..

Plaster on the area where blood was drawn..

Injury

Mummy : Poor ervin, fell and knocked against one of his toy car while playing too vigorously with the neighbour.. And the neighbour immediately retreated into her house once she heard ervin cried due to the fall.. And somemore got the cheek to ask "What happened to your face" later in the evening.. really cant stand her!! :=(

Sick again

Less than a week after I recovered from the high fever, i fell sick again..
Look how listless I looked.. :-(


It started on Wednesday evening with fever and a hoarse voice.. so mummy thot i had throat infection.. After diagnosed by the doctor, he said i had lung infection tat was caused by some kind of virus.. i oso had phlegm in my lung (which cause my hoarse voice & hard breathing).. feel so uncomfortable.. I was made to breath in some kind of gas (medicine) and I vomitted the phlegm out which is good so they won't hinder my breathing..

Luckily the fever subsided over the next 2 days and by Sat i had almost recovered..

Fever-Day 6

I had fever for almost 1 week liao.. Today finally the fever did not shoot over 38 deg like the past few days.. I still have mild fever but i was less cranky..

Po po still report my temperature to mummy regularly and mummy was relieved that my fever are getting better..

For the past 6 days, it was tiring for the adults especially Po Po..
Thank you v much Po Po for taking care of mi during the past week !

Fever-Day 5

Mummy was thinking of taking leave but as she has a meeting today, she decided not to. Especially since po po told her tat my fever had went down.. But mummy was not too happy as she worried that the fever will return at nite.. True it is, my fever shoot up again at nite.. Took medicine and plenty of water..

Sigh.. mummy is wondering when will the fever be gone ??

Fever-Day 4

Po po called mummy to inform her that my fever had went down.. Mummy was happy to hear the good news.. However, in the afternoon po po called mummy again and said that my fever shoot up again..

My fever seems to be better in the day time and worsen during nite time.. I was still cranky and had poor appetite.. the adults are all worried about mi..

Fever-Day 3

Today is the last day of the lunar 7th mth and po po needs to go home and do some prayer.. So mummy took half day leave to take care of mi.. Daddy was on MC due to wisdom tooth..

I was rather cranky in the afternoon after po po had left.. mummy was exhausted and told daddy to take care of mi.. at about 4 pm, mummy managed to make me sleep.. I woke up a couple hours later for dinner.. At 7 pm, mummy tried to get mi to sleep after feeding mi medicine..

My fever still went up & down..