Quarantined ! HFM !

Yupe. The dreaded has finally caught up with Ryan. He came down with Hand Foot Mouth (HFM) disease over the weekend. 

On Friday evening, when I brought him back from his daycare, his daycare taker has already warned me to watch out for HFM as they detected some blisters in his mouth. He was his normal self on Friday and Saturday but he was already complaining about his throat being sore.

At 2am on Sunday morning, my wife asked me to check his mouth again because he was warm. I tested his temperature and it around 37.2 to 37.4. I can already see some red rashes in his hands and legs. I fear for the worst.

He had a rather restless night. Early on Sunday morning, I search the internet for a paediatrician who would be opened on Sunday. Found one in SS22 and we bought him there. Arrived there at 10:30am and the clinic was packed and crowded. We were told that there would be a long wait of at least an hour.

OK. We went to have a our brunch and came back an hour later and there were still over 10 patients ahead of us. We waited another hour before the doctor could see Ryan.

And she confirmed our worst nightmare, that Ryan has indeed contracted the HFM disease and would need to be quarantined for the next week. Since HFM is contagious, we were advised to watch out for Chenya since she had been exposed to Ryan. With a 3 to 7 days incubation period, we were told to watch out for any fever from Chenya around Tuesday or Wednesday.....

With him quarantined at home, I will be quarantined as well to look after him as it would be impossible for the maid to handle both children if we want to avoid Chenya from being infected. Right now, I only hope that Ryan recovered soon and Chenya is spare from the pain and the agony....