Evans and Stomach Flu

Evans had not fully recovered from the "flu" from the staycation. Though he was not feeling nasty, he did sound like he has got some phlegm and is coughing on and off.

Last Sunday morning was quite an episode. I thought he was sleeping quite ok until at 5 to 6am, he started to cough and it led to him puking. Oh the mess on the mattress and on him. Woke me and my hubby up and we frantically tried to clean up the mess. Evans felt bad and he puked a few times in the toilet too. I was hoping that this was a good sign that he could throw up the phlegm, which it looked like it. And I tried to pat him to sleep after tidying up his mess but he just wouldn't go back to sleep. When asked him if he wanted to eat any breakfast, he said he wanted milk. I was happy that he asked for food but then turned out, after 1 sip of milk, 1 bite of the bread, he appeared uncomfortable and said he was full. It was wasteful but no choice. And we thought the oatmeal might perk his appetite but he ended up puking a little bit more. Poor boy boy.

So got to miss his Heguru class, as I thought better bring him to see Dr Tan. My preference would be to go to his PD but her clinic is not open on Sundays. Nonetheless, Dr Tan showered him with care and talked to him very nicely so that Evans was not afraid of him. Dr Tan explained that similar to the last case, it was flu virus entering the stomach. The flu might have lingered for too long and it now became stomach flu, that triggered his vomiting. This was slightly different from the last experience when he has bad diarrhea. Evans was having a slight fever too.

One thing I am also afraid of is feeding him Dr Tan's medicines, I think some of them tasted bitter and very "medicinal", Evans did not like it. The older he is, he is more fussy over the tastes of the medicines and he would gag if he did not like it. I was able to feed him for the 1st time but who knows at night, when I fed him with the "Wind" medicine again, he couldn't contain his dislike and he just gagged and threw up again. Hmm, another mess in the kitchen. Not just the medicine but the porridge as well. Mama helped a lot to clean Evans and to clean up the kitchen. Really thankful for her help. Evans also spent the night with her and was glad to know that his sleep was ok. But he got to miss school the next few days because he was tired. But when he finally got to go school on Weds, he was very excited. According to my bro, he was "yay yay yay-ing". Such a cutie. :)