7 September 2007

Ash's fever had gone into it's 6th day and we were worried. Her fevers have never last for so long before, but it seems like there is a serious viral strain going around at the moment. Read in some forums that many kids are down and some have even been hospitalised. Because her fever lasted so long, we requested for a blood test to be done, got Dr. Huang to write a referral and we got the test done this morning at the Sengkang Polyclinic.
Ash was brave, even though she cried, the moment she came out of the lab, she asked for "biskit" in between sobs. After that sent both mummy and Ash home while I went back for the results.
The results showed a high white blood cell count, which is indicative of an infection. During the checkup by Dr. Huang, he noticed that the lymph nodes around her neck were slightly enlarged. This I checked up is consistent when the body is fighting off an infection, and it also explains why she's been complaining of neck pains the last 2 days.
Ash was precribed KLACID, an antibiotic to be taken twice a day.
Her fever today has been fairly under control, mummy has been very hardworking and created a fever chart in Excel. Only minor excursions into the fever zone. Hopefully that means that her fever is finally breaking.