Demam Selsema Batuk

Rayyan started having fever up to 38C on Thursday night. Tetiba pulak his cough was phlegmy. Tried Syireen Rose's (a friend of mine and some others who read this blog) remedy for demam on her 4 kids which is just honey & any citrus juice (her daughter sebaya dengan Rayhana has never been given ubat klinik at all since birth).

Tried the first day with Rayyan but seemed not to be working... so bagi jugakla PCM syrup.. and Dr Azizi's usual formula... Clarityne in the morning, and Antamin at night, Flixonase nose spray and ventolin puff.

And since nampak macam viral fever with the cold and all, I gave him the "ubat denggi" herb capsules which are actually meant for any viral attack. Bukak 1/2 capsule, campur honey, tambah air sikit, syringed out 5ml.

Alhamdulillah, by Saturday morning, batuk dah teramat kurang, demam dah takde.

Rayhana picked up the fever on Friday. Dia lain sikit.. siap cirit-birit about 4-5 times a day. Demam pun teruk gak coz last night her temperature reached 39C+ twice. So had to masukkan Voltaren ubat buntut tu on the first occasion, but by the 2nd tu I almost masukkan the 2nd Voltaren but considering it was just not even 6 hours after the first one, I opted for the PCM syrup and let her go under warm/cold shower in the middle of the night... twice! Kesian kat dia...

Her cough is phlegmy... teruk lagi dari Rayyan... so now bagi the usual Dr Azizi's formula and the "ubat denggi" capsule... this morning (Sunday) the fever is not as bad as last night, but the cough is still there... kalau tak baik jugak besok, will bring her to see Dr Azizi.

But Rayhana's diarrhea has improved... no more watery stuff as of early this morning.

One thing that separates Rayyan and Rayhana apart bila bab demam/sakit ni... Rayyan dari dulu kalau demam tak merengek.... Rayhana.. masyaAllah.... both me and Ja tak tido the whole night last night. Is that really the "second child syndrome" or that we have outgrown over our "ketakutan" for every little illness the kids have so much so that we neglect the TLC the second born deserves as much as what we have given to our first before?