Your Second Month

Dear Dylan,

The love of every parent to their child rides above all difficult situations.

To me, you deserve no less of that love but even more. During your second month, mummy and I had our first heartaching experience of seeing you coming down with fever. Barely 9 weeks old, you had to encounter your first battle with the flu bug.

You just had your milk and I was putting you to sleep. Then, your sudden cry seemed to tell me that you were feeling uncomfortable and in pain. I held you close to my cheeks and felt the unfamiliar temperature of your face, quickly we took your temperature with the thermometer, it read 37.8 degree celsius. You were running a fever.

Mummy and I took turns to sponge you hoping to bring the fever down. However when we took your temperature again, it was 38.2 degree celsius, the fever didnt seem to be giving in. It was 2am in the morning then, we tried calling to find a 24 hour clinic. When we located one at Hougang, to our dismay, they do not see infants. Finally, we recalled that Thomson Medical Centre, the place you were born, had a 24 hour clinic. We wasted no time in rushing you there. Even though the doctor that attended to us was a GP, we felt that we needed someone with a professional medical background to advise us or at least to be able to prescribe suitable medication for you, our precious little one... we just couldnt take chances where your well-being was concerned.

The medication helped a little through the night but the fever resisted and fought back the next afternoon.It raged to a high 38.9 degree celsius. So mummy and your grandma had to rush you to consult a pediatrician at Mount Alvernia Hospital. This time, thank God, the medication managed to conquer the fever and once again, we were able to see your smile.

Through it all, we experienced the unconditional love of a parent to a child. A love that cannot be expressed through the vocabulary of words but can only be fathomed by giving you our best.


Happy 2 months old, my son.



Love,

Dad.