Heidi in KKH

Two weeks ago, Heidi was referred to KKH, ENT (Ear, Nose & Throat) specialist and appointment was scheduled on 27 April. Heidi has decided to push the visitation to KKH earlier, and her body reacted to it by having a series of watery stool, including blood in stool. So here we are, second day in KKH. I am having a bad headache from the lack of sleep. Heidi now resting on the bed after drinking and another round of wet stool.

It all started on Tuesday night, or Wed morning (2.30 am). I had just finished my work, brushed my teeth before transferring Heidi to bed. Then, she poo. I changed her, not knowing that it was the start of the diarrhea. She latched on for a while and started to cry again. And I heard the poo sound. All in all, she poo about 4 times between 2 and 4 am. In between, she vomitted about 4 times. I had a new change of clothes, and Boon Heng helped to clear the spoiled bed sheet and wiped the floor. Sleepless night. Heidi finally dozed off in my arms at around 430am and I finally had some sleep.

700am, she woke up after pooing. Oh.. I wished she can sleep a bit longer. She poo twice. The first one, there was some pinkish stain on the diaper. The second one, there was blood and mucus. Time to see doctor.

We were supposed to bring Heidi for her scheduled jab at Outram Polyclinics, and Chicken pox for Oliver as well. So instead of bringing Heidi for her jab, we consulted Doctor Theresa Chan on her condition. She immediately referred her to Accident & Emergency of KKH. However, we waited for a while for Oliver to be jab. The receptionist messed up and Boon Heng was very upset about it. I will leave him to tell you what happened there.

At around 11 am, we reached KKH A&E. They are very efficient except the car park is full. Boon Heng had to park his car somewhere else. At about 12 noon, we are allocated a bed in Ward C, while waiting for a vacant bed in Ward A. Ward C is not air-conditioned (which I don't mind), but definitely not very conducive. It is a 6-person ward. The kid beside me (think he is about 14 years old) looked really sick and I was very worried if Heidi could catch any of the virus from the children there.

At 3pm, we finally transferred Heidi to Ward A. I was too happy to understand or even complain when a frustrated Boon Heng told me that the Ward A room was empty for a long time, and he could not understand why we wouldn't transferred there earlier. It reminded me of the bad experiences I had in KKH.

Back to Heidi again. Last night, Heidi had fever about 39c. It went down now. This morning, she poo three times. Doctor came this morning and recommended her for observation for another day. Although she had no more blood stool, she needed to be monitored for her temperature.