Ezra had been coughing with no other symptoms for almost 3 weeks. His cough would come periodically, when he coughs, he would cough for a couple of seconds n sometimes make that vomiting sound!! It is bad in the night when he sleeps. But other than that, he is eating ok, playing ok and as cheeky as ever.
1st, we brought him to chinese doc, took powder but no improvement. Week 2 went to GP, lungs cleared, throat cleared so he was just given cough syrup. Wk 3, Jac (thank God for the wisdom God gave him) insist that we shld bring him to Dr Tan our PD. So appt was fixed at 3pm yesterday, even on our way, I was thinking whether the visit is needed cos he is just coughing. But again Jac insisted.
At the clinic, Dr Tan listened to his lungs & said it was very congested, full of phlegm!! He has bronchitis but with the prolonged cough it could have been bateria infection than just verus !! I was shocked beyond words. She suspected mycoplasma and started him on 4 days antibiotic. I asked how can it be as he is perfectly well except the cough. She mentioned abt mycoplasma, walking pneumonia where the child is well, walking ard but having pneumonia!!
I felt so terrible, how can I have missed it, how can I have dismissed his cough & think nothing of it!! I cant imgine how much more suffering Ezra wld be taking if I did not bring him to PD & proper medi given!!
I was carrying my flowers proudly and into the cinema!! The show was good, just like I had enjoyed the Batman origin. It brings back or the reason how these super heros become who they are and the reasons are often sad.
