My Poor Baby

My baby was infected with the stomach bug last Tuesday. At around 5 pm my mom told us she vomited. Then that night she was awoke from sleep to vomit twice. We took her to the nearest 24-hour clinic. The doctor was quite unfriendly, didn't offer to explain unless questioned and looked like a foreigner. Anyway, he prescribed medication for fever and vomiting. The vomit medicine was poured into the normal clinic medicine bottle but did not mention what type of medicine. We were a bit suspicious but we gave it to Maisarah because we wanted the vomiting to stop. She didn;t vomit from 12 am to 5 am but now had diarrhea. She purged 4 times that night and at each time while I was putting on her diaper she would sleep due to exhaustion. Poor baby! She was tired from all the purging and vomiting.

The next morning Shah and I took emergency leave and brought her to our usual clinic. I like this clinic because the doctors there are very friendly and would explain every thing about the illness and what they prescribe. He explained to us that Maisarah had the stomach virus and we need to be vigialnt of two things, i.e. dehydration and lactose-intolerance. He reminded us to give lots of water to Maisarah and to change her milk to soy-based or lactor-free milk for 1 week. He also prescribed quality medicine for vomiting, diarrhea and fever.

Alhamdulillah Maisarah no longer vomited on that Wednesday. But her diarrhea still persisted until this morning. But only twice the whole day yesterday compared to the inital four to five times on Wednesday. She is also looking much more lively. But giving her the medicine these past few days was like going to war. We gave up giving medicine last night because she screemed and struggled until she vomited out the medicine. How do you guys give medicine to your children?