After skipping school the whole of last week, Sherilyn is finally back to school today. From what I thought was a strep throat or swollen gums caused by the eruption of her first molar, it turned out that she may have had contracted Hand-Foot-Mouth (HFM) disease but both the GP and I could not be 100% sure. Reasons : there were only ulcer-like dots on her throat, inner cheeks, inner bottom lip and about 3-5 dots on one side of her foot. There were no ulcers or blisters on her hands. Other than that, she displayed symptoms of HFM disease such as pain in her mouth, zilch appetite and feeling malaise. 90% of the food that I prepared for her went down the drain… fruits and cucumber smoothies, porridge, soups and fruits. She only survived on Manuka honey, yoghurt drinks, plain bread and a few spoonfuls of porridge. I could not even feed her with ice cream as she was having a productive cough. Everything else that went into her mouth were received with painful grimaces on her face. She would take almost 2 hours to swallow down just a few spoonfuls of porridge with a cup of drink, often with her falling asleep on the dining table. When I gave her strawberry jam to go with bread at her request, she complained that the strawberry jam stung her throat.  So glad that she is almost 100% recovered today and I did not feed her with the antibiotics that the first GP conveniently prescribed her with. Thank God I followed my heart and motherly instinct and binned the antibiotics.
For those who have to drag your butts out of the bed at ungodly hours in the morning to prepare the kiddos for school, you only have to do it for another week. Get ready to mark down your calendar to the next long holiday, yiiiiihaaaaaa! 😉
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Glad that your girl had recovered. Ulcers and sore throat are very torturing. I;m glad Sher can now enjoy her food like usual.
Glad to hear she’s all better now. My boy had a throat infection too.
Thanks for the countdown – only 7 days more!!!
Glad to hear she is ok now. Yes haw … Holiday soon … 🙂
HFM disease is quite common with kids, very contagious but self-limiting. I would imagine having something cool and non-acidic would be soothing. I don’t believe that ice-cream is harmful (except for the calories!), and some cool liquid can be soothing. Glad S is all better now.