Rotavirus

My 3-year-old son,  Elijah  was struck  by an illness with symptoms like vomiting and loose watery stools. As a mom, I always get terrified and bothered every time my son would get ill. Everytime he gets sick, it is very traumatic to me I guess.

On day 1, his symptoms were only vomiting (I mean projectile vomiting) and low-grade fever up to 37.7.  But on day 2, he stopped vomiting but instead started having loose watery stools (yellow in color and foul smelling).  By the way, he was struck by this illness at 1 year of age. So this was his 2nd time that's why I have a bit of suspicion that what struck him again was rotavirus..Going back, he started losing appetite and did have poor fluid intake then.So I brought him to the ER since his pedia was on his holiday vacation at that time 'coz it's November 1, but fortunately we were discharged home from the ER by the pedia resident. What the doctor told me was to only rehydrate my son with Hydrite and give him only soft diet.They told me that it was not rotavirus, but still I have the feeling that it was. I had his stool and urine checked but they were all clear for infection.

Good thing now day 5 since Elijah got ill, I must say he's back on track. He is frisky now.  His appetite is back though we don't give him hard to digest foods still

My other culprit for him becoming ill again with that virus was when I changed his milk formula from Promil Kid to Grow.  I must say my son's really  "hiyang"  with Wyeth milk products and later I will switch him back to Promil Kid again..Goodbye all other milk brands, we'll just stick to "Promil" for my son's sake.

These were my son's meds....

The yellow pill cost 20 Php and I call it "magic pill" 'coz this saved my son's life for the 2nd time, and I owe that to what we call our "herbalist"



WHAT IS ROTAVIRUS?
Rotavirus is the most common cause of severe diarrhoea among infants and young children,^[1] and is one of several viruses that cause infections often called stomach flu, despite having no relation to influenza. It is a genus of double-stranded RNA virus in the family Reoviridae. By the age of five, nearly every child in the world has been infected with rotavirus at least once.^[2] However, with each infection, immunity develops, and subsequent infections are less severe;^[3] adults are rarely affected.^[4] There are five species of this virus, referred to as A, B, C, D, and E.^[5] Rotavirus A, the most common, causes more than 90% of infections in humans. (From wikipedia)

Tofu sisig

I love sisig so I've thought of making tofu sisig myself instead of the typical sisig with humongous fat that we are fond of eating 'coz now at  30 I am trying to keep myself off fatty foods as much as I can, but still enjoy the privilege of having to eat foods that I like.  At first, i was hesitant for I know that tofu has an aftertaste of soy and I hate that taste that's why I don't like tofu but honestly after I've cooked this one it really really tasted like the sisig with pork and even my husband asked me if it has pork in it and I said no..it's 100% tofu only..



I'm proud for this one 'coz I got  "thumbs up" from my hubby who happens to be a cook and my critic as well when it comes to cooking..I've failed on some of the dishes that I cooked but this one I must say is really one of the best that I did...

Ang Mahiwagang Grill

Lately did I realize that we have this at home as a gift from our wedding more than 3 years ago...It has been in the storage room for quite some time..I just discovered this while decluttering our storage room...thanks to me

Today, I used it for the first time....Barbeque for lunch today..I so so love it...I will use it over and over I promise!

Lolo Dearest

Sadness has been upon my soul since my grandfather has been diagnosed with rectal cancer. Doctors told him he has until December 2010 to live, but thank God he is still alive right at this very moment and I thank God for that really. Selfish as it seems, I ask God for another years for him or even forever if He will grant to, but I know that's not possible. How I wish we could be with him always until his dying day..I know lolo is nearing death and my family and I are learning to accept it, but i can't help but be teary eyed every time I think about him dying. I know all of us will go there in God's time but we are just human beings; we become emotional, stressed and can't help but to cry when someone dies. It's always hard to say goodbye especially to the ones who have been a big part of your life, especially in my case I grew up with a lolo and lola who have always loved us unconditionally just like our parents did.

Thank you lolo for the love you gave us, your grandchildren. You may not be the perfect grandfather, but still thank you for the undubitable love you gave to us. We love you and we will always do for the rest of our lives.