Kaden falls sick

Kaden had just recovered from sickness 3 days ago. He was very sick for the past few days after his 2nd polio injection last friday (4th July08). I was so heartbroken to see him struggling at his every medicine feeding .....he would cry till his voice turned sore. I dread going through this process with him. Thing is he has to take 4 types of medicine...4 types for a 5mo, can you imagine! My poor darling....

Luckily we made the decision to see Dr Anthony Chee from ABC (Anthony's Baby Clinic in short) on thursday for his cough and phelm. It has been 6 days already and Kaden has only recovered from the cold and fever. His cough and phelm are still stubbornly "hanging around".

This was what had happened....


4th July 2008, Singapore

Went to Hougang polyclinic for Kaden's 2nd Polio injection. As usual, the nurse would take his weight and height before she started the procedure. Kaden weighed 9.6kg, 66cm long. The nurse said Kaden is slightly overweight and is short of 2cm to be at his current weight.

5th July 2008, Singapore

Kaden started to get feverish the very next morning. I gave him the kiddy panadol but it didnt seem to help. He was also having running nose and cough, coupled with some phelm. Poor boy, he is seriously sick for the very first time. I had to stay awake at night to sponge him several times. We also put the fever band on his forehead. Kaden was quite resistent at first when we put the fever band on his forehead...he would cry very loudly. Eventually he got used to the cool temperature on his forehead and was very cooperative whenver we wanted to stick for him.

6th July 2008, Singapore

Kaden didnt seem to get better. Instead, he was getting worst...could feel his warm body. He was having mild fever even during the day. I dont feel good about it. Its Sunday and Dr Anthony's clinic is not opened. What to do now? I was so worried, "cant wait anymore, must bring him to see pd" I told hubby. We left home hurriedly. We decided to try our luck at Bishan central, bring him to see any pd we can find there since there is a few baby clinics around that area. We are quite fortunate that we managed to find one baby clinic opened. Well, perhaps not so as his medicine was not effective. I dont quite like this pd as he was not very attentive in finding out what's wrong with Kaden. He just briefly answered my qns and sent us out already. The whole session lasts the most 10mins! It costs us almost a hundred for that visit.

7th to 9th July 2008, Singapore

It had been 4 days after we saw the pd and Kaden had not fully recovered from his illiness. Although the fever had subsided and the running nose is slightly better, the cough and the phelm were still as bad. I was worried that it would affect Kaden's health as it had been more than 5days already since he fell ill. Not sure if it would affect his lungs and respiratory organs etc. To be safe, we decided to bring him to see our trusted pd, Dr Anthony. The problem is his clinic is only opened on certain nights and we can only see him the next day.

10th July 2008, Singapore
I called in the morning to register ourselves but the clinic does not take "orders" for evening visits in the morning. I could only call again to register when the clinic opens at 6.30pm. Kiasu me started calling at 6.25pm and managed to get an appointment at 7.30pm. Had to be this kiasu as this clinic is popular and the appointments fill up very fast.

The first thing Dr Anthony Chee did was to carry over my baby, put him on his lap, and then asked us what's wrong. He then put a toy in front of Kaden before he started examining him. Kaden was very obedient, he didnt fuss around.

We showed him Kaden's medicine prescribed by the Bishan pd. Guess what? He said the medicine given is not correct and wont help Kaden. He told us to stop those medicine and gave us something else. He also got Kaden on a mask thingy for about 5-10 mins. This is to help relieve his phelm and his slightly congested lungs (Thank god we came early otherwise his lungs could be affected). Within 2 days, we didnt hear the 'fluffy' sound that comes along whenever Kaden tries to breathe. Kaden has recovered fully from his illiness! Hurray!

What I really liked about Dr Anthony is that he will take efforts to listen to your 'worries' and explained to you in very layman ways after he examined the baby, and most importantly his medicine is very effective. He is also very gentle with babies..will actually play with the baby for a while before he starts examining the baby as if to get the baby to 'warm up' to him. So although I have to pay near to a hundred for this visit, its every cent worth!