Friday, November 7, 2008

On fire...

Texted boss yesterday at 7.28am...

Boss sorry...I ndak dpt masuk ofis hari ni..my son develop high fever last night..102...kurang tidur sikit n I mau monitor dia dulu...sorry boss...

Boss texted back at 7.29am...

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Alli started to develop highfever nearing midnight. I persuded him a few times to go to the clinic but he refused...

Alli : Lambat suda ni mum...Alli mau tidur...besok kita pigi...

I then put a wet towel on his forehead...it dried up quickly...
I then noticed that his lips and face slowly turning red...
I then noticed that he started shaking his left foot...
I persuaded him no more and started to bundle him up to go to the clinic...

Self : Mari, mari...kita mesti pigi sekarang...mummy tau u mengantuk...you sleep in the car...
Alli : Tapi Alli pening ba mummy...
Self : Don't worry...mummy ada...mummy will hold you tight ok...nanti kalau suda makan ubat mesti panas Alli kurang...nenek selalu cakap kan...kalau sakit tu mesti sebab mau tinggi...
Alli : Mari measure mummy...Alli suda tinggi ka...
Self : (measuring his height at the wall)...ya oh...tinggi suda...
Alli : (grinning)...

We arrived at the clinic at around 11.35pm and was told if we could wait for about 20minutes as the doctor is attending a house call...while waiting Alli fell asleep in my lap...

Doctor : Ok kita sumbat ubat di pantat...panas kuat...
Self : Berapa temperature doktor...
Doctor : 102...


...Alli fell asleep again while waiting for the medicine...kasian ni anak...

We reached home a little bit after 12 midnight.
I gave Alli his antibiotic and cough syrup before we turned in for the night.
I tidur-tidur ayam, consistenly checking up on Alli.
I was about to fell deep into slumber when I felt some sort of sting on my arm.
It was no sting.
It was Alli. He was burning up. He was on fire.
I rose up quickly to switch on the light when I heard him calling out to me.

Alli : Mummy...Alli rasa Alli macam panas suda...
Self : It's ok baby...mari bangun...mummy kasi makan ubat...

I did not wait until daylight to give him the pill. I need to do something.
Before resuming our sleep, I turned on the air conditioner to cool off the room (did not switch it on earlier as he was feeling cold despite his body's searing heat).
I checked the clock, it was 4.30am.

On que,the alarm went off at 4.45am...
Time to wake the girls up...

Yesterday...
...huge headache...
...lack of sleep...

Today...
...migraine...
...boss in the office...

1 comments:

Jordan Sitorus said...

Alli,..My beloved son. Dad is so,so sorry for not being there... Hope all these change for the better soon...I want to be there, always. As you always say...one big happy family! Grow big and strong my son, but don't stop hugging and kissing your Dad just yet...Still need that...desperately!