#roseola

Dear Gus,

You woke up with a high fever yesterday and it’s carried over to today. Mom’s working and you spent the entire day sleeping/sweating on me while we lazed about. I hate that you don’t feel well, but I’ve loved your eagerness to snuggle.

Dad.

North Little Rock, Arkansas. 2.16.2020 - 11.35am.

Ray stayed home with me yesterday because he started a different antibiotic Sunday and we wanted to give it time to work. I had a meeting that it was OK to bring him to, so we went to that and then to an appointment with my doctor, who I wanted to see because of chronic issues I had been experiencing with my wrist.

As I was telling her about the pain, she pointed at Ray in his stroller and said, “Well, that’s your problem right there!” She had me let him out of the stroller so she could watch how he moves, and she 100% agrees there is no physical reason why he shouldn’t yet be walking. Her advice? “Stop carrying him everywhere. Make him get there on his own. All you’re doing now is enabling him.”

I shared this with my dear friend N, and she totally agreed, even though neither of us would have thought of this.

So, that afternoon, I gave Ray the choice of crawling or walking while holding my hands when we moved around the house. He wasn’t happy about it, but he did it. Then this morning, when we got inside daycare, he walked holding my hands to his classroom. And this afternoon when I picked him up, he walked holding my hands from his classroom all the way to the car. And when we got to the pediatrician’s office, he did the same thing from the car to the waiting room. Progress!!!

Did you catch that mention of the pediatrician’s office? Yup, we were back again today... For those playing along at home, this marks three in-person appointments and two phone consultations since Thursday. The latest reason: a rash that had suddenly appeared across Ray’s chest and back that his teachers discovered when he woke up from his morning nap.

We saw the family nurse practitioner, and I walked her through everything that had happened the past few days. She asked if the rapid strep test was super clear, and I said no - the line was really faint. So she’s convinced that Ray never had strep at all - that he had (and has) roseola, which is a viral infection. So no more antibiotics.

Although she seemed confident, the FNP said there’s a chance the rash is an allergic reaction to the new antibiotic. Because he has a family history of drug allergies, specifically with antibiotics, the FNP is playing it safe and referring Ray to an allergy specialist for testing. As she put it, she doesn’t want anyone to hesitate to prescribe him antibiotics in the future when he really needs them because of this uncertainty.

Semoga suatu saat tulisan ini bisa bermanfaat untuk Sierra atau Ibu-Ibu lain. Termasuk untuk referensi mami ke depan.

Tanggal 22 September 2023, mami rasa badan Sierra terasa lebih hangat. Mami pikir karena cuaca sedang panas dan mami menyalakan ac, jadi suhu badan Sierra berusaha menyesuaikan keadaan. Selang beberapa menit setelahnya, badan Sierra sudah normal.

Sore hari, mami ajak Sierra main ke lapangan dekat rumah. Pulang dari lapangan tiba-tiba badan Sierra terasa hangat lagi. Berlangsung sampai malam akhirnya mami dan ayah putuskan untuk kasih Tempra. Turun naik turun naik, hari Sabtu tanggal 23 September 2023 mami putuskan untuk ke dokter anak langganan di Hermina Depok (dr. Kriston).

Setelah dicek, kemungkinan ada radang tenggorokan dan pilek. Diresepkan obat puyer racikan yang berbeda. Dua minggu sebelumnya Sierra sakit radang dan diresepkan puyer sirup. Obatnya Alhamdulillah ampuh, dalam satu hari demam dan tenggorokan Sierra sudah membaik.

Tapi kali ini berbeda, setelah minum obat radang, kondisi Sierra gak kunjung membaik. Panas masih naik turun sampai terakhir mami inget di hari Selasa, 26 September pagi jam 4. Mami kasih tempra lagi dan mami pantau suhunya. Alhamdulillah sampai pagi jam 8, badannya sudah gak panas/hangat.

Tapi tiba-tiba mami lihat di badan Sierra muncul bintik-bintik merah bahkan sampai ke bagian pipi. Karena mami lumayan panik, akhirnya ke dokter Kriston lagi untuk cek apakah itu DBD/bukan.

Selasa, 24 September Alhamdulillah demam sudah usai tapi tetap diminta cek darah. Dokter bilang kemungkinan bukan DB tapi ada infeksi virus lain. Setelah tes darah ternyata leukosit Sierra lebih rendah, yang berarti kata Dokter ada infeksi virus. Sebaliknya, jika leukosit tinggi, kemungkinan ada infeksi bakteri.

Dokter memberi resep sirup anti virus yang perlu diminum beberapa hari kedepan. Karena mami ini masih terserang panik sebagai Ibu baru. Mami dan ayah sempat browsing, ternyata ada gejala yang mungkin mirip sekali namanya "Roseola" https://www.ibupedia.com/infografis/perbedaan-campak-rubella-dan-roseola

Insha Allah kalo memang benar Roseola, infeksi ini bisa sembuh dalam beberapa hari kedepan termasuk ruamnya juga akan hilang. Oh iya satu lagi gejala yang mungkin karena virus, Sierra engga pup dari hari pertama demam. Tapi Alhamdulillah setelah minum obat anti virus dan vitamin, langsung pup banyak sekaliiii.

Rabu, 27 September terpantau demam Sierra sudah usai Alhamdulillah, tapi ternyata bintiknya semakin banyak. Sierra juga masih manja sekali gak mau jauh dari mami. Masih kelihatan lemas karena nafsu makannya menurun. Semoga berat badannya masih stabil ya Nak (yang dikhawatirkan emak-emak kalo anak sakit)

Insha Allah hari selanjutnya sembuh dan sehat ya Nak. Mami berdoa semoga Sierra diberikan kesehatan kembali, diberikan umur yang panjang, dan hidup yang baik ya sayang. Mami sayang sekali sama Sierra. Semoga Allah mudahkan proses penyembuhannya dan ini jadi peringatan untuk mami, supaya lebih aware dan berhati-hati dalam memahami kondisi anak.