Sick Gwen

After taking anti-biotic for almost a week, Gwendolyn's condition didn't improve. Instead, she developed another fever during early saturday morning. Papa and Mama fed her panadol and gave her the ice-patch, but she remained feverish for the rest of the day. Taking no chances, Papa and Mama decided to bring her to KK A&E to see the paedietrician. Lucky that we went around dinner time, before the crowd (yes, surprisingly, there was a crowd around 8pm and Mama was horrified to see so many kids going to A&E during the school holidays, some covered with blood , quite a number of fevers, etc). Poor Gwendolyn, as usual, refused to open her mouth to let the doctor check her throat, but with the crying, the doctor can hear her breathing and her lungs. The doctor suggested a lung x-ray to ensure her diagnosis of lung infection and asked the nurse to give her some paracetemol to bring down the fever. Gwendolyn refused to be sponged and we can't even put the "wet tissue" on her neck or forehead.

We waited outside the X-ray room and when it's Gwen's turn, Mama brought her in, with her dear doggy, but she refused to be undressed and lie on the table. Even the nurse offered to lie doggy down and showed her that doggy was only going for a picture, smart gal Gwendolyn refused to be "placed on the table". No choice, Mama has to invite Papa into the X-ray room together to use "force" to remove her t-shirt and lie her down. The poor gal was crying, with Papa pressing down her arms and Mama pressing down her legs, so that she lied flat on the X-ray bed. The thing was over in less than a minute, but poor Gwendolyn was trying to recover from the shock.

After collecting the x-ray and seen the doctor for a second time, I think the panadol has taken effect in bringing down her fever and hence, she was all bubbly again, running round the A&E area. She has totally forgotten about the horrible experience and exploring the hospital with Papa, whilst Mama waited for her medication.