It's the time of the year again. And we didn't learn our lesson well last year. We fell victims to this virus again. Of course, it started with Bryan first. He's already on his way to recovery after a week of plain porridge and very little milk, while Kristin's bout has just started on Saturday officially.
She had a higher temperature than the kor-kor and the fever was persistent and only subsided on Sunday night. But we sent her to the PD this morning coz she was already losing too much fluid. She couldn't contain anything in her stomach at all... either way, top or down, it came out.
Thank God her body is reacting positively to the electrolyte drinks we've been giving her since this noon. Vomitting has gone down from 5 times yesterday to 2 times today, and diarrhea has gone down from 7 times to 3 times. She weighs merely 8.7 kg now - probably way underweight for her age right now. And to begin with, she's a featherweight baby, only 9.5kg... So she's lost like 10% of her weight. She didn't get much of this stomach flu episode last year coz she was still on breastmilk then. If only I was still breastfeeding her now...
She's never been so quiet and still and feeble... she would just sit on her high chair and stare blankly into the air... this is so unlike her usual chatty and bubbly character. Nothing seemed to interest her until Daddy played her favourite Brainy Baby's Music VCD. That started to spark some life into her. Hopefully, the worst is over. And things will get better from now onwards.
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