Today, he wanted to be “Bob the builder” while just yesterday he wanted to be a “spaceship driver” and the other day he wanted to be …..Well, he’s only a child and he can be anything he so wishes! 🙂 Its quite cute to see Athan running around with his toy tools and helmet pretending to be “Bob the builder”. He kept asking me if there’s anything broken in the house that needed to be fixed. I almost ran out of things! Anway. I am actually glad he is getting back to his normal cheerful self. Why? Because this boy had and still has “hand, foot and mouth” disease (hfmd).
Yup, he has hfmd. It’s a terrible disease to have, I kid you not. He only has the lesions in his mouth and I think that’s all he can handle. The ulcer-like lesions were all over his mouth — at the side, top, bottom, tonsils and even tongue! It was painful. He had a fever too. Poor boy. The doctor said there was nothing she could prescribe except for panadol and bonjela and lots of fluids and of course TLC. She also told us that hfmd is very contagious. And so Calvin is at risk.
Well, it turned out that Mr Calvin has caught the hfmd bug from his brother. His symptoms are the same Athan’s. And so, I have put both boys on porridge and ice-cream diet. They are having a time of their lives having ice cream without me stopping them. 🙂
Both boys are much better now especially Athan as his symptoms showed up first. It has been a tough week for me having to care for them. There were times when they were miserable from the pain and I had to be extra patient. The good thing is that they can still play and fight. 🙂 That’s a good sign.
The boys are actually due back to school this coming Tuesday after almost 2 weeks of holiday. I doubt very much Calvin is ready for school on Tuesday as those ulcers takes time to settle. We just have to wait and see.
I can’t wait for the boys to recover fully from hfmd!