Ravi brought back a nasty cough/cold combo from his Korea/Taiwan biz trip (Feb 26-Mar 7). His mother caught it, followed by Reena and finally Sarah. Esther and I thankfully were spared otherwise it'll be a nightmare with everybody sick in the house.
I was giving Sarah colds medicines given by her pediatrician but after a week and half, she was not getting better. It was Saturday when I finally took her to Dr. Hwang's clinic at Islands Hospital. She said it was serious, with diagnosis of upper respiratory track infection or UPTI.
I was giving Sarah colds medicines given by her pediatrician but after a week and half, she was not getting better. It was Saturday when I finally took her to Dr. Hwang's clinic at Islands Hospital. She said it was serious, with diagnosis of upper respiratory track infection or UPTI.
Sarah underwent 2 physiotherapy sessions where her back were ‘pounded’ by the therapists. The poor girl kept on crying and struggling but what to do, it has to be done.
She also had 3 sessions a day of inhalation therapy using a nebulizer. There were two medications (combivent and ?) that needed to be administered directly to her lungs, hence the need to do it in the hospital. After a couple of days, it was reduced to twice a day. We had to drive up and down the hospital every 5 hours or so for the nebulizer therapy.
Sarah’s condition improved a lot after just a day. She’s now on the last leg of the nebulizer therapy, another couple more days and the doctor said she’s good as new.
Lesson of the story: Never treat cough and/or colds as something simple. It can really turn for the worse especially for infants/toddlers. After 4-5 days of medications with no signs of improvement, bring the child to the hospital.
