HFMD

It has been confirmed. Ethan is officially down with HFMD as he came down with fever on Monday and red spots rapidly appeared on his hands, base of his feet and knee cap. We also saw ulcers formed on his tongue and back of his mouth.

My heart sank. To know that he got infected with HFMD is like knowing an enemy is out there threatening your children yet as parents we were helpless to defend it from attacking. Ethan lost all appetite today, we had to ensure that he gets hydrated most importantly as the ulcers would have caused a lot of pain to the poor boy.

Caden is still cleared now.. The thing abt HFMD is that it's not a virus that one gets once in a lifetime like chickenpox. The same HFMD can recur to a person for as long as it is transmitted from another infected person.. While Ethan is easily grouchy these 2 days, we hope that the virus can be contained and stopped infecting the next person within the house..

(adding on to the agony, my flu bug worsen these 2 days)..