Keona has Fever

When hubby and I arrived from work yesterday. Keona was still asleep in MIL's room. When she woke up, she looks tired and cried. MIL told us that she thinks Keona is having a fever because her body temperature is unusually high. I put my hand on her forehead and neck and I feel she's having a fever so we got the thermometer and it's 37.8 degree celcius. She's having a fever indeed.

I was wondering how much is the dosage for her paracetamol syrup so I called up Doctor Mike, her pediatrician. It's 5ml every 4 hours for the tempra paracetamol for she's turning 3 years old already on the 29th. I bet she's having fever because she slept very late the other night, 2:00 o'clock in the morning and she doesn't eat much. So her immune system must be very weak. Last night she requested for her favorite french fries and hamburger so hubby bought for her.

I'm glad she's not having fever now and hope it will continue to be gone...

On another note, I am glad I don't have to report for work today because I'm supposed to go to school but since it's already semestral break, I'll just stay home. It's very timely because I can take care Keona.

That's all for now folks, have a nice day.

Keona's Fever Goes Back

I got a call from Mom today that Keona's fever is back. It shoot up top 39.1 degree celsius. I called her pediatrician and he advised me to have her take antibiotic. Cefaclor 250 mg / 5 ml and a dosage of 2.5 , 3x/day.

I hope her fever will be gone soon. I can't be out from work because we are expecting a visitor and I'm expecting to be interviewed. I wish I can just stay home and take good care of her.

I Dreaded Fever

I got a call from Mom last Thursday informing me that Keona was having fever. I was literally down and could not concentrate on my work. I called Doc Mike, Keona's pediatrician and he advised me to have Keona take paracetamol every four hours. Since Keona was also vomiting Doc Mike told me to have her drink Vometa (Domperedone) - 2.5 ml. every four hours.

Keona's pediatrician told me that it might just be a viral thing. We just have to observe her and if fever continues the following day, we have to bring her to the clinic and do some laboratory tests.

Keona's fever continued to go down until it reached to normal level. Thankfully, it did not return and I was really relieved.

On Dengue Fever and Asthma

Dengue fever is very rampant in our place nowadays. There are so many cases of Dengue and it is very alarming. In a nearby province, it is already declared a state of calamity due to soaring dengue cases. The daughter of my office mate is also having a dengue and is now confined in the pediatric intensive care unit in a hospital. She's having a stage 3 hemorrhagic dengue. Her heart, lungs, liver and kidney are now affected so she's really in critical condition. Her vital signs are very unstable. I pray fervently for her recovery.

Hubby and me told Mom yesterday to just let Keona stay indoors. She usually go out in the afternoon and play outside but we don't allow her to go out as of this time.

The daughter of my office mate is also having an asthma so she's having also difficulty breathing. And this morning, I wondered why our one house help looked sad and I can sense that there's something wrong. Later, I found out that the other house help is having an asthma and hard-up to breath. Hopefully, she'll get better after taking medicine.

Keona is having stuffy nose

Colds and cough are very rampant nowadays. With the intermix of the very hot weather during the morning and noon and then rain showers in the afternoon, it's really causing flu, colds and cough. To make Keona's immune system and resistance against diseases stronger, I really feed her veggies and I see to it that she's able to take her daily vitamins, incremin. I also encourage her to take lots of water and have enough sleep. In spite of these, she's having stuffy nose, so I made her drink Disudrin, the one prescribed by her pediatrician during our last visit in the clinic. Hope she gets well soon.

Roseola Infantum (ak.a. baby measles)

Just came from lil Keona's pediatrician to check some rashes that are sprouting on her back and front including her face. The diagnosis? Lil Keona is suffering from Roseola infantum , a mild viral illness most commomly affecting young children from age 6 to 24 months. Roseola is primarily caused by a virus called human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) and less commonly by human herpesvirus 7 (HHV-7). Her pediatrician explained that this disease is an opposite of German measles because in German measles, it will start with rashes and when the rashes are full blown, fever goes high also. But in Roseola infantum, fever first for 2-3 days and then when the rashes show up, the fever is gone which is what's happening with my lil gurl.

I was kinda alarmed because I thought it was German measles for she has not been immunized yet with MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) because we were focused and occupied with her operation and her recurrent UTI.

Hopefully, she'll be OK in a few days because she's one of the flower girls in Tito Troy's wedding next week. Good thing the doctor said, it will be gone in 3 days.

Fever Again!

I was not able to go online for several days because aside from not having a yaya to take care for my baby, Keona is having fever again. I was wondering why it keeps on coming back. We have not seen rashes on her body which is a sign of a dengue fever. Though her fever does not reach as high as 39 degree celsius but her mood is really different. She's very irritable. She doesn't like to play and she just always want me to carry her. Hope she will recover soon. I have gotten already her urinalysis result but I don't know how to interpret it. Still waiting for the result of her urine culture and sensibility. We never discount the possibility of a bacteria breaktrough again from her ureteral reflux. Since last night, she didn't have a fever. Hope it will not come back again and that the antibiotic that she's taking worked for her.