We thought our youngest daughter would be okay after we had brought her to the emergency room of Divine Mercy Hospital around 5:30am yesterday for vomiting. Since the initial finding was just a mild UTI, she was not given any medication but was only advised to be given more liquids and for further observation at home.
When we arrived home at around 8:30am, she was able to go back to sleep. When she woke up after one hour, she started throwing up again. When she had vomited thrice, we decided to bring her back to the hospital and this time she was attended to by a resident pediatrician who ordered a complete blood count test to rule out dengue as among the possible causes of Charm's condition.
Thank God Charm was dengue-negative. Just like the attending physician, the pediatrician also advised us to bring Charm back home for further observation. She was just advised to take glucolyte for her mild dehydration. However, if Charm could not tolerate its taste, there's no other recourse but to bring her back for confinement.
When we got back home, Charm was able to take 1 oz of the 7-oz preparation of oresol before she went back to sleep. After two hours, Charm woke up and I fed her with Skyflakes. After some time, there she was again vomiting. As per her doctor's advice, I had to make Charm take her oresol 5-10 minutes after she would throw up. I did just that. But when she had vomited five times, I thought I had to bring her back to the hospital and request for her confinement because I could no longer bear seeing her vomit again. Before I brought her back to the hospital, I called wifey, who was attending a grand reunion of former officemates that time, and told her about my decision. I also told her she need not worry and just go on with the party but requested her to leave early so she could be at the hospital soon.
At the hospital, Charm vomited one last time. When wifey arrived, Charm was already feeling better. It was wifey's turn to take care of our youngest child and my turn to go home to rest.
Before I went back to the hospital this morning, I got a call from wifey telling me that Charm had some rashes on her neck and forehead. The attending physician had not yet arrived so Charm had to deal with her rashes for the meantime. When the doctor had made her rounds and saw Charm's rashes, she did not give her any medication since it was only localized. Instead, Charm was put under observation again for her rashes.
When wifey went home to take a bath and attend to our two daughters, I asked her to bring the antihistamine we had at home since I already told the nurse to ask the doctor if Charm could already be given it because she had been itching and she started scratching her neck. There was no available antihistamine at the hospital's pharmacy and I could not go out to buy one because I was all alone attending to Charm. It's good that I remembered we had one at home.
When Charm's attending physician visited her this afternoon, she requested another CBC to check if she's finally okay so she could be allowed to go home tomorrow. Thank God, the CBC test was encouraging. Tomorrow, Charm will be back home. I would have wanted to fetch them from the hospital but I have a two-day training starting tomorrow. This time, it was wifey who urged me to proceed with the training and she would manage arranging for Charm's dispatch tomorrow with the help of our maid.
I pray that by tomorrow Charm will be back to her usual self -- playful, talkative, and cheerful. I shall go home early after our training and see my baby waiting for me at our veranda.
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