Since last weekend Kirana is sick, she gets chickenpox. She should stay at home, so I take a week off to take care of her. I never know it will be a frustrating and tiring experience on the first couple days. I remember I get chickenpox when I was in high school and I thought I was not that bad.
On Saturday, 6 February, we take her to the park and met with Ima, Affan and Aziz to play together. She enjoys the slide and the see saw.
On Sunday night, I found some “acne” on her back and ask Chris if it’s a chickenpox. Since there’s no announcement on the crèche about the chickenpox so we were not really worried about chickenpox. On Monday morning we found more “acne” so at that time we are sure that Kirana get chickenpox. Chris decide to stay at home and I went to the office since I have some project should be done on that day. After a long working hour finally I can go home and we get the confirmation from our GP that Kirana has chickenpox.
On the next days I stay at home and it’s just like hell. Kirana is so sick, cranky and her temperature is 40 degrees. She can’t speak so what she can do is only crying and the medicine seems can’t lower her temperature. I hardly can drink or eat, don’t ask me about take a shower, because Kirana want me to carry her all the time.
For an inexperienced mom like me it’s so frustrating and tiring. It’s a mixed feeling because I feel so sorry for her, so sorry to see her little body is so weak and frustrating because I don’t know what should I do to comfort her and also tired to keep carry her all the time. Taking a bath is the only thing that she enjoys at this time.
When Chris at home it’s a relief because I can ask him to carry kirana for a while and I have time to take some rest. But it won’t take a long time because Kirana wanna be with me again.
Breastfeeding is really the wonderful thing that helps me to cope with the situation. I am lucky that I still can breastfeed kirana. Because she refuses to either eat and drink, breastfeeding is the only source for food. I am so worried if she’s dehydrated because nothing going to her mouth. But I guess she has enough milk from breastfeeding.
After 4 days, her fever is gone and she’s back to normal.
I can’t imagine that I can be strong enough if something worse happen to Kirana. I hope this chickenpox is the only serious illness that happened to Kirana.
Vie.. bukannya cacar air tuh nggak boleh mandi? hehhe itu jaman gua SD rasanya nggak boleh mandi ya.. sekarang boleh ya? Katanya kan tiap orang sebaiknya mengalami cacar air sekali dalam hidupnya, malah kalo lagi anak2 libur, ibu2 suka nular2in anaknya kl kebetulan ketemu yang lagi sakit cacar air biar ikut sakit juga. Cacar air kalo udah pernah kena, nggak akan kena lagi (katanya lagi…)
Kalo cewek lagi hamil trus kena cacar, bayinya mesti dikuret.. Ini mah kejadian asli, temen gua 2009 kemaren ngalamin.
So.. bersyukurlah masa cacar airnya Kirana udah lewat..
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ternyata menurut dokter gue, kalo cacar air itu boleh mandi, malah dianjurin karena ngurangin rasa gatel n panasnya.
dulu kita ga boleh mandi,mungkin karena di indonesia kan gampang keringetan, kulit lembab bikin cacarnya nyebar. yg bikin susah hati itu,panasnya,Ma… bikin cape hati karena ga tega liat anak badannya panas selama 3 harian.
kalo hamil emang harus diwaspadai, tapi kalo di sini kayanya ga langsung digugurin… tapi memang bisa mengakibatkan cacat.
yg jelas kalo punya anak lagi,bakalan gue imunisasi deh…