Caitlin had flu. At first, we were not THAT concern as she tends to get cold and flu since she's in a air-conditioned creche and she and her friends tend to pass their cold around.....However, after a few days, she was not getting any better and we took her to Dr Kwan, her pediatrician. She was given a variety of medicine as she was coughing and had phelgm as well. Still nothing out of the ordinary, until on the third day, she started developing very high fever (40.1 degrees).We took her to her pediatrician again who checked her lungs and they were cleared. This time around, he prescribed her stronger medication. For the next few days, her fever did not go away. She lost her appetite, she was crancky and miserable, all day long. I could not take leave and I am glad that my mother in law was able to take care of her during this period. I will send Caitlin to her house early morning and fetched her back at night.
On the sixth day, Caitlin's fever abruptly disappeared and I noticed there were red spots on her forehead.
By evening, the spots turn into angry red rashes covering the whole of her forehead and parts of her abdomen and buttocks!!!! We roughly know what it was as we had a similar experience with Ryan but we were not prepared to see more and more rashes coming out.
We took her to her pediatrician yet again (visit #3 in one week) and he confirmed that Caitlin is having Roseola and taht she is to be under quarantine for the next few days. No medicine needed but Doctor did gave her some medication to help reduce her itchiness and she was REALLY, REALLY CRANCKY.
She is now fully recovered and we are happy to see her smiling again.
