Last September, Holiday had P. Vivax Malaria. It was the worst I've seen him get sick. Poor boy couldn't eat, and when he can, he just vomits it or go straight to the toilet. To top it off, he's been difficult during medicine time. I don't know what the hell happened! He used to be very good at drinking meds. Anyway, we just have to force him or else it's going to take him a long time to heal.
It was a pitiful sight. I just wished that it would just be me who's sick and not the children. He recovered after a week, thank God for that!
Three weeks later, it's Hunter's turn. He caught another type of Malaria...P. Falciparum. It's good that we caught it early on the disease so he didn't suffer much from the vomiting and fever. On the flip side, he's been having diarrhea for 3 days now. Very bad for the first 2 days with 30 minutes sometimes less interval between bouts. I got a little bit worried when I saw some blood streaks and some other foreign body in his stool. Quite curious, disgusting as it may seen, I picked up that object and discovered that it was a toy (Swiper's styrofoam figure) that he chewed on. That kid! He's diarrhea is a lot less compared to the past days, probably because he was able to take the toy out of his system. I just hope things get better soon for the kids. They deserve a break!
