Png Png's stay in KKH

It was traumatic to both hubby and I during Png Png's stay in KKH. We travelled to kkh twice a day I was doing confinement so need to go home and take confinement food and have some rest. KKH sent Png Png for many tests - CT scan, x ray, endless blood tests, spinal fluid test...... Our heart sank whenver the tests results came back negative. It called for more testings. Worse part is there was Good Friday public holiday. Labs were closed, Dr can't tell what's wrong except performed many tests on him.

He had blood transfusion twice and platelet tranfusion thrice. He was on drip. No milk but drip.....Tubes all over him

It was heart shattering to see his reaction - not much crying, sleeping most of the time. He opened his eyes and looked at us on some days when we were about to go, seems to tell us to stay. We stayed till he fall asleep

It was a relief when the test result came back positive! Png Png had enterovirus (virus that enters thru the gut) sepsis (blood infection) with meningitis (inflammation of the lining of the brain) n thrombocytopenia (low platelets)

There is no medication for such infection. It depends on his own antibody to fight the virus. I was very happy when Dr decided to take off the drip and bottle fed him with my precious breast milk. However, he was too weak to drink from bottle. The nurses tube fed him. He threw out milk and was put on formula milk. He still threw out formula milk though he was given formula milk which meant to prevent vomitting. My hubby told Dr that I wish to latch on Png Png very much. Dr decided to give it a try. I was double joyed. Wonder if it's because of that, he started picking up. He was transferred to normal ward on 24th Mar and discharged on 25th Mar, my best birthday gift for this year