After 12 miserable days of NR having terrible cough, sore throat, Ear infection, 102 degree fever along with unbearable teething pain (thanks to 4 molars coming one after another) , Appa and Amma getting flu-like fever and symptoms , normalcy has returned .
We visited ped twice before this episode and he dismissed all the symptoms and send us home like usual without any medication. NR came down with 101 + fever the very next day . On fourth day he cried inconsolably and I know something was not right. We took him to the immediate care and the dr there confirmed his ear infection and chest congestion.
This is the first ear infection for NR and dr prescribed antibiotics,steroids and some antihistamine. Along with his Acetaminophen and Ibuprofen dosage every three hours to bring down his fever, he had to take antibiotics thrice a day , steroids and antihistamine once a day.
We woke NR every three hours for the first three days to check his temp and to give fever medication. The boy woke up from his sleep every three hours and thanks to IPAD took his medication happily without crying like it's was a sweet syrup. He royally browsed all his "You tube" videos and played his fave apps on IPAD while taking his medications. And for the first time he drank his water without spitting .
NR behaves well (no crying) during his hair cut once a month(I give him haircut every month), Dr visits, birthday parties and in every situation imaginable thanks to IPAD . They drew blood from his tiny arm three months back for almost ten - 13 minutes. He cried a bit but IPAD was such a great distraction. The dr and nurses at our clinic are amazed at the way he uses his spelling app.
He had high fever and it was so cold and rainy outside when we took him to immediate care. He was so quiet and behaved well (with his teething pain) because he played his fave spelling app. The dr at the Urgent Care admired NR's IPAD skills and said he sees bright future for NR. Little did they know, how IPAD has taken the stress out of dr visit for his parents. We remember well how our dr visits used to go without IPAD. And for this I want to hug and kiss every member of the IPAD team at apple. So are millions of people benefiting from this technology. As a couple who work in leading technologies, we know how technology is helping /reaching out to kids with special needs. They have beautiful and cool apps for art, music for toddlers which also helps kids with Sensory Integration disorder who are not interested to use finger paints .
And he uses IPAD like a pro . No I did not teach him even once how to get into you tube or navigate the list up down or horizontally or close the songs. The only thing he hasn't figured out is how to power on the IPAD unlike his toys . Whenever I played devotional songs on IPAD YouTube app, before nap or bed time, I hid my hand movements because I don't want to lose yet another gadget to my 2 year old son. Only once I showed him how to use one his favorite spelling app on IPAD. He is bloody quick in learning stuff which interests him and all I have to do is just show him once that's it. But he has no interest to do normal everyday stuff like eating on his own or drinking water like a civilised baby without shooting it out every single time or communicating his needs. I am waiting patiently for the day when he will start talking again. Emm, And I thought I had immense patience before NR's birth . He is making me a "ZEN mama".
During day time, we had Diego and Dora film festival for all those 12 days . The boy who is allowed to watch TV for half an hour for lunch and dinner had a field day. Well, even when the whole family is sick somebody has to make meals, feed and do the everyday chores right.? I can hold the whiny sick baby or do chores.When both needs my attention, TV saves me. It takes a village to raise a kid and we seek TV's help when he is sick . And as a parent we have no problem with it. And this is the fourth time we had this non stop running of Diego and Dora episodes this year. Please God, let this be the last Diego and Dora film festival for this year and I wouldn't mind skipping the film festival entirely for next year. For a kid with febrile seizure fever episodes are nightmare for the parents. And we wish to skip that altogether. New year wish from NR and NR's desperate parents.
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