DAY 1 - HFMD diagnosed.
We took almost 3 hours at the PD clinic before we managed to see the doctor and confirmed that it is HFMD. The fever broke after feeding of nurofen but at the same time we noticed some red spots on Morris Tan. It is very depressing as the doctor check the mouth and we see ulcers.
He is very cranky today as he realize it is very painful to swallow water, latch or to drink from bottle. Rejected milk as he doesn't like chilled milk. We have to coax many times to make him drink some chilled juices. Thank god that he has a bit of appetite for food as we cooked some porridge for his meals.
He tried to stay cheery but its obvious that he refuses to swallow his saliva as it is painful. Pointed out to us that it is painful and whines all the times on discomfort. The nightmare comes when we battled almost 3 hours of non-stop crying before he finally decided to sleep. And yes, that lasted barely an hour as he woke up again crying nonstop from being discomfort.
When we thought that the night will end after he woke up from that hour later but we are all wrong. He woke up every hour thereafter. 2am, 3am, 4am crying uncontrollably and telling you that he is very painful. Tried nursing him but he was all too pain. Had to repeatedly do it a couple of times and encourage him before he latch on and slowly drift back to sleep.
At that moment, i curse and swear at the parent who bought the affected children out to public areas for causing such pain on Morris.