Viral Attack

Jared is now 15 months old. It it a blessing for hubby and I that he has not fallen sick for more than a year already. However last Sunday he was down with mild fever, coughs and flu. Since Sunday morning, he started to have runny nose and mild coughs but no fever. I didn't want to give him any medicine, instead I gave him probiotics, NOCO and ACT. By afternoon, he continued to have runny nose and developed a mild fever, 37.x degC. Not wanting to take any risk, I gave him paracetamol and his temperature did drop after that. During dinner time, I continued to feed him porridge though according to old people, we should not feed porridge during fever, else the fever will reoccur. By night time I noticed that his temperature rose again (not sure if it is due to the porridge) but I can't really tell how high bcoz this boy was so cranky, I can't even insert the thermometer into his ear.

The next day we brought him to his PD, thankfully his PD diagnosed that it was just a viral infection, so no need to take antibiotics. He prescribed cough and runny nose medication, singulair (for his phlegm), some probiotics and folic acid. I continued to give him paracetamol when we came back from the clinic as his temperature is around 38 degC. Besides the probiotics, I kept away the rest of the medications. Continued to feed him with probiotics, NOCO and ACT. I have also given him propolis twice but has stopped as some people cautioned me about the risks of giving propolis to kids <>

Till today, he still has some coughs and very mild runny nose, but he is recovering well. Will continue giving him the 3 supplements. One tip to reduce coughs during sleeping time is to let him wear socks to keep his body warm. Hopefully he will recover soon.

By the way, he is still as active as before... :)