Fairy Girl

The last week or so I’ve visited the Doctor / Doctors rooms at least eight times.

It all started about a week ago………….Joshua woke up in the middle of the night with a headache and a runny nose and he was running a fever. I took him to our GP and she diagnosed “sever sinusitis”. A few days later he woke me up around 2 am, sobbing because his ear was sore. I thought an insect had crawled into his ear. I rushed him off to Flora emergency room and was told he had a really bad ear infection. They gave him drops to knock him out as he was in so much pain. Both he and I sat crying in the emergency room, it was awful. I get very emotional when my kids are in pain or suffering.

A few days later, Joshua broke out in a terrible rash all over his little body. It looked awful. Once again we rushed back to my GP. She thought it was either an allergic reaction to Penicillin or Rubella or a viral infection. She took bloods and he cried, I mean really cried “big crocodile tears”…..once again mommy cried too.

I took him home and dosed him with meds (third lot of antibiotics). The next day the rash looked ten times worse so off to the quack again. She couldn’t believe how it had spread and she was really concerned, the bloods showed that there was an infection but we had to wait for the allergy and Rubella results. She called my paediatrician as she needed a second opinion. Fortunately our Paediatrician said she’d quickly eye ball him. We raced from Flora to Wilgeheuwel and sat waiting patiently for our turn to see the Paediatrician. Both Joshua and I were exhausted by this time.

She diagnosed him quickly, my poor little monkey had a severe viral infection -( however, she could not rule Rubella out). All meds were stopped and we had to wait patiently for the infection to leave his little body. Our Paediatrician was awesome she reassured Joshua that he would be better within a day or two. She was livid that he’d been given three different types of antibiotics over a period of 2 weeks.

It certainly did not end there as our little Abigail started getting chesty and had a runny nose. Our GP asked me to bring her in as she was afraid that she had contacted the viral infection. She was diagnosed with tonsillitis.

We have been told to keep a close eye on our Little Logan. I had her at the clinic today and all seems okay.

I really hope my little angel gets better soon. We are leaving for Cape Town on Thursday and I want my family to be ” ill free ”