Wow! It’s been a while since my
last post. It’s been a wild set of weeks. First the babies got sick with colds
that morphed into chest infections, then they got infected with the coxsackie
virus (hand foot and mouth disease) for which they were misdiagnosed at first
and thanks to lovely fellow mums and persistence the doctor admitted to having
being flummoxed by the symptoms (thank God I did not give the steroid
treatments). Then my mummy came home from a double knee surgery and all in the middle
on that I am trying to work on a very yummy project.
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| this is a familiar scene... on good days |
All through the storms of the
last few weeks one thing has come out clear. Brotherhood is a very tight and
intimate relationship that starts very early. Lately, little man wants to share
all his food with his baby brother. He bites into a grape and offers the other
half to his 4 month old brother. He gnaws one end of a bone and offers the
other to his little brother. Baby baby is now able to reach out and grab so I
have to be uber alert incase he grabs onto the stuff his brother is offering
and puts it in his mouth like he did with his brothers Monkey aka ‘ankii’. Clearly
the sharing is more than just food and toys… its infections too, I have learnt
that whatever infection little man has, I should be ready to handle baby baby
as well. Yes I can do the whole pediatrician trip and process with my eyes
closed. Even my taxi guy is known to the parking attendants, they thought the
kids were his.
That takes me to another thing,
what happened to doctors who can give you advice over the phone? Any little
thing is ‘bring the child in’ then they force issues on at least 1 lab
procedure, usually blood, then tell you ‘oh it’s just a common cold, we will
treat it symptomatically and …. ‘by then I’ve zoned out in anger. Kwani a lab
test is needed to diagnose a cold? So I got into a cab, sat in traffic with 2
sick kids for at least 2 hours, for them to be pricked for blood, and then told
its just a cold!? I think I am shopping for a new pediatrician coz my current
seems more interested in tormenting my kids for the pay than ensuring their
health and comfort.
