Fatihah and her fever

Posted by hidayah

Finally,my dear Fatihah is sleeping soundly in the next room. It has been days since she was able to do so. Kesian sangat kat dia, badan dia panas within the last few days. It all started last Sunday, where Zairi and I thought it was just a regular fever. Nevertheless, we still brought her to see Dr Ang, her paedritician and we were assured that she'll be fine in a couple of days or so.

Then, comes Tuesday. We went back to daddy's house after work since I have a dinner to attend on Wednesday night. Later after the dinner, I sensed that she got the fever again, but this time her small body was searing hot. I panicked. Luckily I was with mama and daddy, and they told me to sponge-bath Fatihah until the temperature dropped.

As for the next day, her body temperature rose in the evening and I immediately brought her to meet a paedritician. I noticed small pink dots scattered on her body just before and suspected that she might have measles. Anyway, I want to confirm my suspicions and the paedritician said that it was not measles. IT WAS RUBELLA. The paed assured me that there's nothing to worry about since Fatihah already got her MMR vaccination 2 weeks ago. She also said that the pinkish dots will dissapear within few days, latest in 2 weeks.

I googled rubella symptom among infants and found some facts about it:

How do people get rubella?
People get rubella by breathing in droplets that get into the air when an infected person coughs, sneezes, or talks. Rubella can also spread by direct contact with fluids from the nose or throat of an infected person.

What are the signs and symptoms of rubella?
Most cases of rubella are mild. About half of people infected with rubella virus get a rash that looks like small, fine pink spots. The rash first appears on the face and progresses from head to foot, lasting about 3 days. Children usually develop few or no other symptoms. Adults can have mild fever, headache, reddened eyes, swollen glands behind the ears, tiredness, and joint pain.
An infected person can spread the disease for as many as 5 days before the rash appears to 7 days after. Infectious children should not attend school or day care.

How soon after exposure do symptoms appear?
In most cases, symptoms appear within 16 to 18 days.

So now, I am relieved to see that Fatihah is getting better by the day. Hati ibu mana yang tak risau bila anak sakit, kan.. Syukur sebab mama and daddy was there to give advice. Kalau tak, mahu pusing kepala aku and Zairi memikirkan pasal Fatihah..

Nak dijadikan cerita, I was asked to present the proposal for the new diploma program at KPTM KL this coming weekend when I planned on getting back to Kuantan on Thursday. Since Zairi have to work on Friday and I got the MC from the paedritician, I will be flying back to Kuantan with Fatihah on Sunday evening after the presentation session at KPTM KL ends.

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4 comments

Anonymous

November 14, 2008 at 5:16 PM

pn dayah..dh ade baby er..comelnye.. sy student pn dayah yg dulu..subject letrik tu..x igt dh name ape..tp civil engineering la...mls nk knalkan name sbb pn mesti x igt saye,..x famos pun dulu..hahahaha..

hidayah

November 14, 2008 at 8:29 PM

anonymous -- la.. ni student saya yg mana satu ni?? bgtau la nama.. insya allah saya kenal.. :))

Anonymous

November 15, 2008 at 9:03 AM

civil eng thn 2003-2006. azila.. ha pn igt x ???mesti xigt kan, maybe tgk gambo pn akn rase cm knal je bdk ni..hahaha..sy slalu bc blog2 lecturer kat kptm....dh 2 thn rupe2nye dh rmai yg dh kwem..dh ade baby pun...

hidayah

November 15, 2008 at 9:13 PM

saya ingatlah.. azila.. hehe.. tau dah yang mana satu.. mmg dah ramai yg kawin pun..:P

Fatihah and her fever

written by hidayah

I googled rubella symptom among infants and found some facts about it:

How do people get rubella?
People get rubella by breathing in droplets that get into the air when an infected person coughs, sneezes, or talks. Rubella can also spread by direct contact with fluids from the nose or throat of an infected person.

What are the signs and symptoms of rubella?
Most cases of rubella are mild. About half of people infected with rubella virus get a rash that looks like small, fine pink spots. The rash first appears on the face and progresses from head to foot, lasting about 3 days. Children usually develop few or no other symptoms. Adults can have mild fever, headache, reddened eyes, swollen glands behind the ears, tiredness, and joint pain.
An infected person can spread the disease for as many as 5 days before the rash appears to 7 days after. Infectious children should not attend school or day care.

How soon after exposure do symptoms appear?
In most cases, symptoms appear within 16 to 18 days.

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