I took care of her on Wednesday since I was on MC as well. It started out fine in the morning. Although she refused her cereal, I still managed to feed her some. She also didn't feel very warm then, after I gave her some paracetamol. However, things started to take a turn for the worse around noon. She completely refused her porridge and milk and fussed alot. She would sleep for a while, then wake up crying and I had to spend some time pacifying her. This happened for about a couple of hours. In between, I noticed her temperature went up and sponged her, while waiting for the next interval to feed her some medicine. Finally, I could feed her some paracetamol but her temperature did not subside even after an hour following the medicine. I had to call Desmond to come home immediately to take her to KKH again. I also asked TFG to come along, since Desmond had to return to his camp for work after sending us there. I imagined it'll be extremely hard for me to cope if left on my own.
We were sent to Passage 11 after the triage. Apparently, Alyssa's temperature had hit 40 degrees. The doctor immediately prescribed brufen, a stronger NSAID (non-steroid anti inflammatory drug) to her. Brufen is normally not prescribed to children younger than 1 year old or less than 10 kg as these kids will be more prone to its side effects. They had no choice however, in this case. Even after the brufen, Alyssa's temperature remained high for a while and by then, she would have gone without milk for quite some time already. Poor baby must have felt really sick then.
Under such circumstance, the doctor decided to admit her into the hospital as her fever was very high and the risk of dehydration was substantial. This would be the start of her longest hospital stay (for now).
