Friday, May 1, 2009

Mommy Moments: Doctor, I Am Sick!

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It always pains me to see Samantha sick. From the moment I had her, I prayed that she would always be safe from harm, evil and sickness. But I guess no baby is exempt from the little colds, fever, cough and stomache ache.

My Sam is not a sickly baby. When she was a few months old, she never got sick. Whenever a tooth comes out, she never gets any fever as some babies would. She catches the occasional cough and colds though especially on major weather changes, but she is still her usual happy and energetic self. But there was one major sickness that really had me worried-sick, and that was when she caught the stomach flu during our trip to Kyoto.


My poor little Samantha hooked to the dextrose.

It was such a scary experience for me. She was vomitting everything that she would drink and eat, and had very loose bowel for many times a day. I was afraid that she would get dehydrated from the lack of fluid so we had to rush her to the hospital the night we arrived in Kyoto. The doctor just gave us a prescription but I insisted that she needs more than that. So we had a short test. We tried giving her milk little by little but when she still vomitted, the doctor decided to put her on dextrose just to replenish the fluids that she had lost. The nurses took her away so they could put the IV on her. And while she was in the other room, I was crying too because she kept screaming and crying out for me. It took them a while before they finally found her tiny vein... I almost gave them a deadly look when they brought Samantha back to us and thought to myself "You turned my poor baby into a pin cushion!" But I know they meant no harm and they were just doing their job.

My heart broke to see my child wet in her tears and sweat and all I could do at that moment was just embrace her in my arms and offer what comfort I could give her. I held her in my arms until she fell asleep... exhausted and weak from all the drama and the vomitting.

Has your little one ever been sick? The experience must be quite scary for you! Come and share it with us here.


12 comments:

anne said...

if we can only take the pains from them, we already did it. sigh! anyway have a nice day to you!

beth said...

Dati I give dagger looks sa mga docs and nurses whenever they give my kids dosages or tests na me pinning. Pero since soooobrang sanay na ko dhil ilang beses ko nang nakikita ung kids ko na kinukuhanan ng blood for tests or injections dito, injections diyan, na-realized ko din just like you na they only mean well for my kids.

Di ko makita ung pics ni Sam, blank ung images pero just by your story, and the pic dun sa Daddy moments, I can see what Sam has gone through because of stomach flu. Buti naman gumaling siya, sana hindi na maulit no?

Thanks and ingat lagi Kkamz! Kisses to Sam! :)

chris said...

i can relate. when Toby was brought to the hospital they had to put the IV on his little veins.. and they had to get blood for his blood works.. yikes… imagine he was just a few days old then… sigh… these are moments i wish i never have to go through again..

genefaith said...

the experience you have is scary but thanks be to God you already passed the crisis and your baby is fine…i didn’t see the picture but I felt pity for a baby on dextrose..it truly melts my heart

Twinkie said...

Waaah! Bakit ‘di ka pwede sumama? Anyway, I salute you for opting to just understand. Nakakaawa si Samantha lalo’t sanggol na ‘di nakaksalita. :( Sana yan na ang huling pagkaksakit niya.

Mommy Jac said...

I know the feeling mommy seeing our kids inside the hospital with I.V it really broke our hearts diba…

Enchie said...

awww….wawa baby sam… as a mother, my heart also breaks every time I hear a baby cry…

Tetcha said...

Poor little Sam! Nakakaawa talaga ang mga bata when they get sick. My son was also hospitalized for bronchitis when he was 10 months old, and I couldn’t stand the sight of him getting pricked for his IV.

shydub said...

Poor little cutie sam, it really pains me when our baby gets sick coz from being happy baby they turn so helpless and fussy. It happened to my jake when he was 11 months old he got a fever,from cough and colds that sore his throat, plus the ear infection and allergy.

beth moreno said...

aww…it’s really painful to see our kids experiencing pain…if only we can absorb it for them…there’s the thinking…ako na lang po i-dextrose nyo hwag na baby ko…

hope you can visit my entry too. cheers! =)

Kikit said...

Yeah, I remember this because you were supposed to visit us after your Kyoto trip. Ang hirap talagang maging nanay! :)

bambie said...

Ate I feel you… nakaka-worry talaga when our babies are not on their usual selves. As in di tayo mapakali. NWei, hope Sam wont be sick again pero sabi nga nila, normal lang magkasakit mga bata =( God bless

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