hand, foot & mouth disease (HFMD)

2 weeks ago, athirah was down with HFMD :(
(tiba2 je kena. till now me & hubby still wondering dari mana dia kena jangkit)

it was all started masa cuti maulidur rasul aritu.
mlm tu badan athirah start panas, ingat kan demam biasa. so throughout the nite saya tido2 ayam je la, takut temperature naik. the next morning, pagi2 lagi hubby dah kuar keje (padahal hari sabtu), then baru perasan badan athirah macam ada bintik2 merah. tskkkkk! panic sekejap. first thing on my mind- alamakk kena demam campak kot!

the rashes spread really fast. by the time hubby sampai rumah, dah makin banyak.
sampai kat clinic, kena Q tunggu turn lagi. while waiting, tak berani nak bagi athirah mingle around dgn other kids sbb takut jangkit. dia pun mcm dah lembik2. hubby suggest jumpa doctor biasa dulu b4 jumpa paed coz the Q sangat lah panjang. i refused immediately sbb mmg slalu tak puas hati dgn service doctor2 kat hospital tu. (HPAN to be exact). mcm sambil lewa je check. tapi hubby insists sbb ada medical coverage kan, tak rugi apapa pun. so check je lah..

lps doctor tu check athirah, terus dia cakap, "bukan campak ni, gatal2 biasa je"... "saya bagi cream ni nnt u sapu je, after few days shud be ok"
hummm.. dah la dgn pakai slipper jamban nye, cakap loghat nye, tak professional betul. tak gaya doktor langsungg (gerammm!)

then sampai turn nak jumpa paed.
lepas tunjuk the rashes, pead terus cakap "it's HFMD, confirmed!" errr.. apa doc? "Hand Foot Mouth disease.."
erkkkk.. gua speechless beb!
tak terfikir pon athirah kena HFMD.. paling teruk pun ingatkan chicken pox huhu..

by petang, dah beribu red spots + blisters kat badan athirah, especially kat tangan, kaki, tongue, gums, buttocks, palms of her hand & the soles of her feet. penuhhhh! sampai menggerutu rasanya kalau dipegang :( the only part yg tak kena - badan (dpn blakang) & her face.

she refused to eat & drink (sbb dalam mulut dah penuh ulser). air liur meleleh sgt banyak, non stop. sedeh tau.. saya pon asek nangis tgk dia camtu. ye la, slalu nya dia active main ke sana ke sini, but this time, lemah abes! memerap & merengek je :( masa tu doa kalau boleh biar la sakit dia transfer kat saya..

at first, i was a bit frustated. ye la, i've been breastfeeding her all this while, given her all the vaccines needed, tapi kena pulak mcm ni. (mybe saya rasa down sbb family members or anak kawan2 saya tak kena tapi anak saya kena, mcm tu la).
but little then i realized, ini semua kuasa-Nya, nak menguji hamba-hambaNya.. baru ujian kecik mcm ni saya dah melatah, teruknya :(

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paha


buttocks area


tapak kaki

so seminggu tu saya & hubby take turn cuti sbb jaga athirah. check dgn bbsitter dia, budak2 lain tak kena pulak. so kitorng jaga athirah kat rumah until dia betul2 recover. by tuesday athirah dah ok, nak makan & main. cuma nak tunggu the blister surut etc.

alhamdullillah she had fully recovered, fast. in fact, sbnrnye doctor dah siapkan referral letter untuk ward admission. utk dripped in case kalau dia lemah sgt sbb tak makan/minum time weekend tu. tapi alhamdulillah tak sampai level kena admit etc.

bila blister dah surut, doctor advised soh sapu Vit E cream/lotion supaya tak berparut. saya just guna Fruit of the Earth Aloe Vera Gel (mmg ada kat rumah- saya selalu sapu kalau kena sunburn) & Palmers' cocoa butter lotion (balance lotion masa pregnant aritu je) ;p both work well on athirah.

more info on HFMD, refer here and here