Our Fighter Boy

Sick Day 1 & 2

Izhar’s temp spiked to 37.2 yesterday evening. Gave him 2 doses of panadol @ 6pm and 12am and he was settled throughout the night. One thing that concerns me is that he is quite tacchicardic. But i’m putting that through him being very cranky throughout the day and he was crying quite a bit. By 2 am though he looked fairly comfortable and breathrate is down to 40/min.

This morning from 5am onwards, i noticed that his HR is up to above 130. Didn’t think too much of it because he was crying and Azhar tended to him. By 7ish it was high 130s and hitting 150s when he cried. Checked his temp and it was up to 37.5. Gave him his morning feeds and a dose of panadol again. So far the temp has settled but his back to high HR  - 130 above and his breathrate is still at roughly 60/min. Which, i’m obviously not too happy about, especially since he is sleeping. sp02 is on the high 70s compared to last nights low 70s but at least once he was comfortable there was low 80s. For the past 6 hrs i’ve yet to see an 80.

Now we’re trying NOT to panic and observe him for another 48hrs starting frm last evening at 6pm. I’m hoping he’s cranky because of his teeth again. He’s had this before but not so tacchicardic.

Sigh. Given that he’s slotted for his cardiac cath in 2 weeks, i just hope he doesn’t have to go to KK any earlier. On the other hand, he DOES NOT have a BT shunt, so with him being tacchycardic, i’m a bit concerned about his PDA. I just pray that his heart stays strong.

Now that he’s not well, he’s starting to get real clingy and wants bodily touch. I seriously am not sure how he’s gonna be when we have procedures to be done.

Dear God, please let this boy continue to be a fighter and be the strong boy that he is.

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