It has been more than a week since little Zo Ee’s down with stomach-flu, and Zo Ee is getting better though not fully recovered yet. Great that the fever has totally gone today and diarrhea is getting less frequent, still more than 5x daily, but much lesser than last week. Less diaper changing time, means less work for mummy and less pain for little Zo Ee. This also gives sufficient dry time for the nappy rash to heal. Rash is a lot better now, smaller in area and less raw.
The whole of last week was one suffering to little Zo Ee especially during diaper time. It was not an easy week for mummy too, as mummy has to change her every hour or immediately after a poo. This happened so frequent until little Zo Ee is able to tell mummy after each poo. She will be screaming in pain and telling me, “poo… poo…” while pulling at her diaper. And it takes about half an hour for the whole diaper changing to take place. Cleaning, airing for 15minutes before applying protection cream and let it on for another 10-15minutes before fastening the Velcro. So I have been spending 6 -7 hours or more daily to change Zo Ee’s diaper. And I have been setting the alarm clock to check on her every two hours in the middle of the night. This process has been so tiresome but a must for faster healing. And Zo Ee watches too many VCD programmes for the whole of last week, because that's the only way to keep her still for half an hour. Usually she watches only 2-3 different programmes a day.
every 2 hrs in the middle of the nite?! I so admire you. One day, in the not too distant future, Zo Ee can read this blog & see the sacrifices Mommy made for her.
ReplyDeleteIt takes many hours for the skin(raw nappy rash) to heal but a few minutes of contact with the acidic stool is enough to do more damage than the healing itself. So, it's so important to immediately change her. In fact, every 2 hours is not sufficient, but that is the best I can do. Luckily, little Zo Ee will cry out whenever she has a poo, so that's a better indication. And for the first few days of last week, I slept only after 5am that's before me knocking out totally as I had to sponge her high fever(paracetamol doesn't help much) and changing her diaper alternately. No matter how tired, it's far comparing to the pain my little Zo Ee has to endure. It's like having a bad wound washed every hour or few hours in a day!
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