Kyrell vomitted last night (19 Sep). 3 times at my mum, around 10pm when we were about to leave her house. When I came out of my mum's room after changing her dressing, he walked to me, covered his tummy and somewhat in pain. I asked him if he was 'pain pain', he did not answer but came over to hug me. So I thought maybe he was just playing with me. Then he stepped onto my lap (I was kneeling, packing the bag), hugged me and kept saying 'mummy mummy'. Then he coughed. The next thing I know, he 'merlioned' onto me, LOTS! I screamed cos I was caught off-guard and that (and the vomitting) must have scared him too! He was crying and we (my parents and hubby) ran over to console him.
Just as we were thinking of how to clear up the mess, he vomitted again, then again!! Each one with loads of whitish fluid which we suspected was the soy bean drink he had about 1.5 hrs earlier. I was totally drenched in his vomit, even my inner ear got it. He was very uncomfortable by now and really scared of the 'mess' he created.
Hubby quickly carried him into the toilet to wash off. He was quite reluctant to be stripped. I followed in and helped abit then when he was done, it was my turn to clean up.
When I am done washing up, I went into the room, he was still not entirely dressed, he was ranchy now, refused to be buttoned for his romper. Wanted me to carry. Shortly after, we left our mum's place. He fell asleep almost immediately in the car. Then we reached our place, went opp to get our dinner (kfc) and while queueing, he woke up and vomitted, twice! We felt bad for dirtying the floor since they have already cleaned up and about to close the shop. We waited outside for our food. When we were home, we gave him some pediasure milk before he sleeps... he fell asleep pretty fast. Then about an hour later, he woke up. I was in the living room and hubby beside him. Hubby had initially thought Kyrell was woken by the sound of the TV and wanted to watch, instead he murmured 'dad dad', hubby asked if he was unwell and next thing, he vomitted again, on our bed!
Kyrell was crying for me and I think he felt sorry for the mess on the bed, cos he said 'yi yi' (dirty). We told him that it was ok. We decide to bring him to the hospital. We changed him, took his med and healthbook and 1 extra romper, hankie and a towel to wrap him and a bag containing his toys then off we go. It was then 2am plus in the wee morning.
The journey there was very smooth, with almost no stopping, no red lights. Soon we arrived at TMC, we registered at the 24hr clinic, it was a GP and not a specialist on duty. But the docter was really patient and nice, Kyrell was quite cooperative. The doctor listened to his tummy and said that it was churning. We also informed the docter about his diarrhea the previous week and he did confirm that there was alot of cases lately, among kids. We were told to stop giving milk to Kyrell for the next 2 days and send his stool sample for testing if possible.
Then we went to the next room and the assistant inserted Suppository into his rectum, he took it quite well. Done. We went out to collect our med and made the payment. The same assistant brief us and advises on what not to eat. Kyrell was getting clingy by then and wanted me to carry, he was changing position and I suppose he was still uncomfortable and scared. Then he vomitted again. I managed to catch most of his vomits into the plastic bag but there were still a small puddle on the floor, my hand and jeans. But Kyrell seems to feel better after that, soon he fell alseep.. all the way home.
After settling him, we cleaned up the bed, took out the soiled sheets, pillow cases and quilts and changed into a new ones. Hubby soaked them and hang out the earlier washed clothes from the washing machine to make way for more clothes. I cleared Kyrell's clothes from the dryer and folded them. Then I fell sleep around 4am. At about 7am plus, Kyrell woke up asking for his 'milk milk', he must be very hungry from all the output, I told him that we cannot give him because he had vomitted, he seem to understand, kept quiet then cries for it. He doses on-and-off, stood up eventually and told us that he 'mmm mmm', we checked, indeed there was. We asked if he wanted to change his diaper, he nod his head and said 'stand up' haha... he's too used to changing his diaper standing up in school that he wanted us to change him this way too. We told him 'no' but before we can finish say it, one of his leg is out and stepped on his poo on the diaper! End up dirtying one of the nakin which we lay on the bed.
I have no choice but to carry him to the toilet with the soiled cloth napkin wrapped beneath him. While in the toilet, Kyrell 'diarrhead' twice, onto the floor, light brown and watery. When he saw his poo on his floor, he looked surprised and said 'shh shh'.. I corrected him. He seem happy and well enough to let me washed him. Then hubby came to bring him back to the room to change while I washed the toilet up.
Forgot to mention, while I was washing Kyrell, hubby took the stool sample and placed it into the container given by the clinic. After Kyrell slept at around 8am. Hubby drove to TMC to give the sample, then went to the supermarket to get some neccessity and brought me breakfast. Around 10am plus, it was my shift to get the things done while hubby slept. There's porridge to cook and things to wash up.
Around 12pm, Kyrell woke up and had his (plain) porridge. He watched TV and seems ok enough, still able to laugh and dance but we were worried that he might vomit again so we stopped him from any movement! The whole day, he was sleeping and when waking up, will asked for his milk and water. The food intake was definitely not enough for him but we cannot have him getting the diarrhea and vomit again.
All in all, he vomitted 5 times within 4 hours and another 2 times about 3 hours later :(
