Yes, first encounter for Mommy Me...At first when Ah Ma called telling me Lucas puked after a bus ride to Bugis, I dismissed it as over-reaction... Within an hour, they called again to say he foamed in the mouth... That sounded scary. They rushed direct down to KKH from Bugis while Mommy Me drove down direct.
But when I reached, Lucas looked perfectly fine to me and was running around the waiting area.. Made me start to wonder if it was over-reaction on our parts since other kiddos in the waiting area seemed more serious than him.
Out of a sudden, Lucas started to foam in the mouth again!!! That shocked me... I scooped him and ran to a nurse. Luckily the nurse was very kind to give Lucas a bed to rest in the Observation Room and ran some basic checks on him.
Though it was the 7th time he had puked, he was still not dehydrated. We waited until it was his turn for the doctor to check. Doctor gave him some anti-vomit medication and glucose water for the next hour - 30 mls per 15 mins interval.
We had to stay there for observation until we were certain he did not puke or foam again. In the meantime, Lucas was getting famished. He kept begging us for bread or milk...
So heartpain, Ah Gong walked to buy some bread to stand by to feed him after the ordeal. But the doctor gave the instructions - - No food for the next 8 hours... WAH!!!
That's so challenging.. In the end, we gave him glucose water and milk until night-time before coaxing him to bed.. In-between, he asked for rice, bread and any food but we pretended not to hear him... Poor thing...
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