My darling's got the flu bug and I brought her to another doctor today because the medicine from the other doctor wasn't working and her flu got worse since Thursday. It's really heart-wrenching to see her suffering from this flu and sometimes it really gets to me because she's so super grouchy and whiny and just cries all of a sudden. She's not been eating well since Tuesday and for the past couple of days, she hardly ate anything except the muesli and apple muffins I baked and Gerber stars. I know it isn't exactly healthy to give her snacks now but doctor says it's better than nothing and just give her whatever she likes to eat now and make sure she's hydrated.
This loss of appetite has caused her weight to fall quite drastically. I'm so upset. On Thursday when we weighed her at the first doctor's clinic, she'd lost 200g. Today when we weighed her, she lost another 200g. Actually I was mentally prepared for the figure I saw on the scale today because I weighed her yesterday on my own at home by taking [the total weight (mine and hers) - my weight]. I'm really sad because she takes so long to put on weight but loses weight so easily during an illness. Thank God she hardly falls ill... Hubby told me to stop worrying about such unimportant things and concentrate on the big picture of getting her well. I know that. But I can't help but dwell on it sometimes because I had taken great pains to help her put on weight. And now, it's all gone...
Anyway, yesterday she agreed to take some sweet potato porridge (she ate 1/3 bowl) and we were already overjoyed that she's finally eating a little. Here's a picture of her porridge I cooked using the small Tanyu claypot for her dinner tonight.
It's back to the basics - sweet potato porridge!
I hope she eats it and her appetite is better after her long nap. She's been sleeping for 5hrs since she took her medicine - I guess it's because the medicine causes drowsiness. Let's hope and pray that my little one gets better quickly and gets her appetite back before she loses more weight!
I hope she eats it and her appetite is better after her long nap. She's been sleeping for 5hrs since she took her medicine - I guess it's because the medicine causes drowsiness. Let's hope and pray that my little one gets better quickly and gets her appetite back before she loses more weight!
