Relapse

Today will be the 4th day that Aqil is puffing ventolin and sabutamol. Yup...his bronchitis had a relapse...
He has started coughing since last week...followed by runny nose. His body was warm but no fever. We gave him meds for flu & fever. Alhamdullilah...there was no fever.
Then came Sunday when his coughing became more frequent...we had then decided that we shall keep him at home to monitor & also to keep away frm his classmates. But that same night...just when it was bedtime, he was coughing badly & his breathing was heavy. It was worrying. Time was 11.20pm...
I had thought that it was indeed necessary to bring him to doc...maybe the next day. But his condition was scary enough that we went that very minute.
It wld be useless to go to a GP coz then we would be refered to the hospital eventually. And so we headed to KKH. Aqil was reluctant...he was cranky & crying & kicking just because he didnt wanna go to the doctor.
The husbern just had to carry even as he was wailing. Luckily the neighbours didnt come out!
And alhamdullilah again coz Aqil started to calm down on the way to hospital. I managed to keep his mind off hospital. Surprisingly, even when we reached A&E...he was quiet & calm.
At the triage...he was ok when the nurse examined him. We were told to head to Room11 coz he was wheezing...as diagnosed by the attending nurse. This means immeadiate treatment to be given.
Different frm at the triage...Aqil was more alert when the doc was examining him. He was kicking his legs...which hit against the doctor's legs. He was drawing in the air...then as the doc was listening to his chest...Aqil actually went "Hey....what are you doing?"
And he started touching the stetoscope that the doc was using.
I was already feeling uneasy...thus I quickly informed the doc of Aqil's condition. And being a doc...he knows what kind of behaviour Aqil will be potraying. Alhamdullilah...the doctor was playing along with him.
And the treatment was surprisingly an easy and smooth one...Aqil was very cooperative. I thought how the doctor had went along with him had actually made him feel relaxed & thus the smooth and easy treatment.
With that also...the doc allowed him to continue the treatment at home after witnessing that he was cooperative during the treatment.
He developed a fever of 39.3C but the doc just instruct us to monitor as he didnt have any fever prior to the visit.
Alhamdullilah...alhamdullilah...he is responding well to the treatment...his fever also didnt worsen.
Me & husbern took first day off for childsick as we had spent almost the whole night at the hospital.
I reported back to work the following day while the husbern took another day to monitor him and also to teach our helper how to give him the puff.
Our boy has indeed grown up...though he was actually sick but this actually carved a smile on our face...alhamdullilah...;))