I think enough of darwisya's activity for the time being. This entry is all about my little damia. I will never forget the day my little mia was admitted to the hospital... still fresh in my mind. It all happened on 11/8/09...
Mia started having fever the second night after we came back from shenzen for a holiday. Usually her fever subsided after taking a dose of paracetamol however this time the fever was not settling. Worried about her condition we quickly brought her to a nearby private clinic but still her fever not coming down despite doses of PCM and tepid sponging. The most it went down was 37.8 not even reaching normal body temperature. Then that evening as her fever was spiking at 40deg , suddenly i saw her arms n legs were shaking and her eyes were up rolling. Oh my God, she was fitting!
Am panic... don't know what to do. Even am a medical doctor, but when it comes to your own family, you will forget everything! Trust me! I feel like i know nothing... nothing at all. Blurred...what should i do? All I did was crying and crying, calling her name. The fitting episode was brief.... but post fitting she appeared drowsy. She was not responding to me, she kept looking upwards as if somebody was above her head. I couldn't control my fear, I didn't feel good about it. I'm supposed to be calm but i can't control my feelings. Darwisya also cried when she saw me crying. What a terrible moment! Thank goodness Fahmi came home early that day. Quickly he called the ambulance to come and fetch us and bring us to the nearby hospital.
When we arrived at the hospital, mia started crying. She responded and making eye contact with me. Am relieved... a bit. I was praying and hoping that this is just a simple febrile fit not something to do with brain infection/meningitis. I just kept her in my arms and hugs her. I didn't want to be apart from her at that moment.
She was admitted for 4 days with a diagnosis of febrile seizure secondary to influenza A infection.Thank goodness it was not H1N1 subtype. She still having spikes of fever for a week. Now, my mia is healthy. As notty as usual...hehe or maybe a bit more. It was a really bad experience to us.
End of story, I think not even a single mother in the world want their children to be sick... even it is just a simple/uncomplicated flu. It is really heartbreaking to see them unwell. I swear, I don't want to face this experience again. Am traumatized . I don't have any picture of mia in the hospital coz i don't want to remember that moment again. Let the terrible/unpleasant/horrible moment well kept in my mind. Influenza infection was very terrible i must say. In this new world, there are a lot of threats around us, the bugs are getting smarter day by day but do all of us are well prepared to fight those bugs? Some may say 'yes' or 'no' but i'm sure many of us would say 'i dont know'.. Since then I think I need to give something to my beloved family. something that can help their own body to get ready to fight all the threats. I want the best for them... and luckily I found one. :)
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at least u at her side.. my case, i'm at kota bharu and my daughter with my wife here in serdang. my return flight will be tomorrow night. thanks God my wife's friends around. so they help my wife. and more terrifying, my panel doctor suspect her with h1n1.
got contact with Dr Salmah (u know her right? our schoolmate) at Hospital Serdang to give a hand. Alhamdulillah, she's clear from h1n1.. but 3++ hours or horrifying moments.. fuhh, what a relief.
and when i come home, i figure out that... my daugther demam rindu dekat papa dia.... hahaha, my best ever memory!!!
anyway, our daugther name is same... DAMIA..
of course i remember salmah. tp betul la kasai, mmg sedih kalau anak2 sakit tambah lg kalau kita xde kt situ. mesti your damia is soo attached to you kan... sampai demam2. indeed the best ever memory :)
k.fizahhhh...aryssa pon kena in august hari tu, febrile fit...i dunno whether u already read my post or not...this is the address..
http://abedtalk.blogspot.com/2009/08/aryssa-my-lovedont-do-this-thing-again.html
I cried when I read this post..It reminds me to Aryssa's case...I hate to remember and I really2 hope it won't happen again..
Hi Zaza. I understand exactly what you went thru with Mia. Experienced the same thing with Shafiq a few times when he was much younger. He was even hospitalised twice. Watching him when he had the fits was unbearable.
So what did u give your family to fight the threats? Share with us. :D
Mrs Z: thanks for sharing :) next time i will write a new entry about it..tungguuu...hehe
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