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Sickness record:
This was a devastating winter for April's health...
1. 2 times pneumonia occurance. 1st time it started with the right lung. With medication, it still developed into the other lung. April's lungs got xray'ed couple time to make sure it's all cleared. And for the 2nd time, first prescrition didn't really work, Mommy brought April to urgent care and demand a stronger antibiotic. Timing is couple months after starting preschool, it's a school of >80 kids. The germ pool is much much bigger, therefore lots of cold and fever. April's immune system got all battled up. Even our ped told us, she does not desire to see us again.
2. Ear injury, this is Mommy's fault. Mommy bought April a $1 Target necklace, it's not really a necklace, it's really a choker for adult. April has small neck, so it won't choke her neck. It started fine, she love the new necklace. Late afternoon we were riding to have a dinner gathering with Purdue friends and families. In a hurry, April struggled to put it on herself again, she did successfully put it on herself in the morning. But not this time, she released the choker too early, and both ends shot into her ears. It's the spring loaded kind. She cried for much prolonged period of time, we were really worried. But she recovered. When we got to the dinner venue, she was eating, and actively playing with Anzel and Levaunt. So we thought that's end of the story. It was just a punch, there is no big harm. Next morning, April 15, her birthday, she turns 3. We were planning to bring her to San Jose Children Discoveries Museum. When Mommy woke her up, Mommy found 2 splashes of dried blood on the pillow. Mommy freaked out. There are dried blood around both of her ear tunnels. We rushed to ER, the doctor told us both of her ear drums are ruptured and seeing an ENT doctor is a must and should be asap. But it was a Sunday, we spent the day staying at home, like a "热锅上的蚂蚁" . Mommy and Daddy was feverishly searching the web about ear drum rupture. We got the tool from Walgreen, just like the one doctor uses to look into ears. Mommy was trying to master the tool, all she can see is raw bloody reddness inside April's ears. Mommy also put the necklace into her own ears, the pain was indeed excruciating. Grandma from Fuzhou even rushed out to find an ear specialist to ask for opinion and any possibility of hearing impairment. (Grandma used to be a nurse there therefore she has "connections" to get to doctors quickly and easily) Mommy was on the phone with the specialist at night, whom confirmed Mommy there shouldn't be any hearing damage, ear drum is just a membrane, it will grow back, just no water into the ears for couple months, which means she'll need to have her ears covered with wax when taking bath. We got the next morning appt with our ped, who already tired of seeing us, told us to stay home and watched for a week, use a special liquid to wash the ears, since it's all thick dried blood, it's not clear to her whether the ear drums are really ruptured. It seems like she's in no hurry to refer us to an ENT doctor and she doesn't quite believe what the ER doctor said. 1 week past, still with all the unknown swirling around Mommy's head, we came to see our ped again. Again, she couldn't confirm whether the left ear drum is ruptured, she's quite confident the right ear drum is not ruptured, or already grew back. Finally we got to see an ENT who confirmed there is a rupture on the left ear, no rupture on the right ear. They also did a hearing test with April, and confirm her hearing is functioning as normal. There is no medication, only thing is no water into ear, just like the specialist from Fuzhou said. Put on ear wax when you wash her. And come back to check a month or so later. Our tickets to Shanghai already booked, Mommy also worried about the plane, if change of pressure will have any effect on her ears, we might need to postpone our trip. Doctor said, not at all. Without the ear drum, ear won't hurt at all during pressure changes, doh! And this is the long end of the story.
Mommy was self blaming for some time. If April really lose her hearing because of that stupid necklace, Mommy will hate herself for the rest of her life. April's future will be finished by that. Mommy will need to prepare herself to take care April for her entire life. How could she go to school? Would she ever be able to get married? The thought train is like a slide down to hell. Doctors' confirmation brings such a relief to Mommy and Daddy.
3. Allergy test again, as recommended by the previous allergist. We are so glad to know that April's no longer allergic to peanut. She also could eat all kinds of fish. Yet still no shrimp.
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