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after a weekend of high temperature (ariff reached 39.5c and akmal was 40.1c at one time) and flu and cough and finally wheezing, we decided to take monday off to visit our saviour, dr azizi. when we visitied him, ariff was hyper. he didnt look like he had high fever the day before. but he still had his flu so his pead gave him the appropriate medication. when he checked akmal, it was a different story. akmal was weak, his flu was terrible, his wheezing obvious. he hadnt had his susu since sunday and that, with the fever he had, contributed to him being weak.

first up was the nasal swab. then he was prescribed the nebuliser. akmal was screaming and kicking when he was looked at and when the doctor did the nasal swab. when the time came for him to do the nebuliser, he gave up and was actually sleeping. we went back in after the neb, and, surprise surprise, the diagnose was - admission. so not surprising. akmal's pead just said - he's extremely sensitive. tell me about it, doc!

so we settled the admission with the doc's assistants. we're ok with any room to start with but then please move us up to our normal room. the room will only be ready later that day so we decided to go home to pack and then come back. we went to the pharmacy to get ariff's medicine. at this time, ariff was lying next to akmal on the stroller. he didnt look good. he felt a bit warm. we decided to go to the a&e to get his temperature and, if necessary, to give him the voltaren supp we got from the pharmacist.

the hyper ariff, who was jumping in the pead's clinic and running while akmal had to do the nebuliser, was now a whopping 40c. quickly the a&e nurse inserted the voltaren supp, took off ariff's clothes and washed him down with tepid water (new thing i learned - first target the head and neck because there are 2 main blood vessels and they need to be cooled down to stop heated blood from being flowed to the rest of the body). we saw the pead's assistant walking to the a&e and she advised us to admit ariff as well.

so there we were - 2 boys to be admitted. we went to silver spoons for a quick lunch then went home. i gave myself 30 minutes to pray, fold a basket of clothes, air the clothes i put in the machine earlier that morning, prepare amir & asyraf's school uniform for the next couple of days and prepare clothes for the 3 of us (ariff, akmal and me). ngam-ngam 30 minutes.

we spent the first night in a double-bedded in the peadiatric ward. not so nice, seriously. didnt help with the 4-hourly nebuliser and the orchestra by ariff & akmal, i didnt get much sleep. early the next morning, we went to the premier ward. it was seriously much better (spoilt, arent we??). the 4-hourly nebuliser continued, akmal was put on drip as he refused milk since sunday and my mind was with amir, who was to fast for the first time.

after a day, ariff had shown much improvement. his wheezing almost fully stopped. akmal on the other hand, took a longer time. dr azizi kept saying he's too sensitive, he had a smaller-than-normal airway and his lungs/chest was slightly smaller too. that meant when he had flu, all would be easily affected and on comes the cough, the wheezing, the shortness of breath. he said akmal being admitted when he was at the wee age of 1 month was an indication of how it would be and be prepared for more admissions. its ok doc, if we get the premier ward, we dont mind.

akmal only showed improvement on wednesday afternoon. that was after the pead changed some of his medication. they boys were finally discharged on thursday. when we got home, we didnt feel too good about akmal. his nose was still blocked, and as he slept with his thumb in his mouth, it made breathing very difficult for him. oh well...we need to be extra careful with this little one. so if there's anymore status update about being admitted, dont worry, its not a huge deal. its just because this boy is extra sensitive, memang sangat lah anak manja ini budak...

high temperature over the weekend...