Eventful Long Weekend

The whole family was looking forward to this long weekend for it was a good opportunity to spend some time together and also for a well-deserved break. As usual, playful Lleyton roamed around in Mummy & Daddy's bedroom.

And things started happening on the very Friday evening..

Friday night

First, Lleyton "dived" down the edge of the platform of the bedroom and cut his lips. He cried pitifully and Mummy rushed over to see him touching his mouth. His upper lip was bleeding and it was instantly apparent that his lips were swelling. Nothing much could be done.. Mummy used a clean towel to wipe away the blood and tried to put some ice when he went to bed.

Saturday night
It was family gathering time again at Ah Ma's place, together with Aunt LL, Uncle CK, Wei and Bin. The day seemed fine as Lleyton's lip was no longer swollen. That evening, while Ah Ma was carrying him, she commented that he felt hotter than usual. True enough, he has developed a fever. Daddy & Mummy quickly brought him home and fed him paracetamol, with the hope of bringing down his temperature. His temperature went down at after midnight..

Sunday morning

His temperature shot up again in the morning at 7+.. After feeding him more paracetamol, Mummy & Daddy hurriedly rushed downstairs to the GP, hoping to grab a more potent remedy than the paracetamol that Lleyton was on, together with a proper diagnosis as the cause of the fever was still unclear. Could it have been due to the wound on his lips? Viral infection? Or teething? Unfortunately on Sundays, the local GP was not available until 9am. As gan jiong parents, they rushed Lleyton to KKH instead. On arrival, Daddy took Lleyton's temperature again and the thermometer showed that Lleyton's fever has subsided to 38.0 deg. Mild fever.. thus decided against sending him through A&E as they most probably will turn him away. Instead, the trio settled down at MacDonalds' for breakfast before heading home. What a drastic change of plans.

Sunday afternoon

After ensuring that Lleyton's temperature was under control, Mummy put him to bed for his routine morning nap. Daddy decided that it was about time to have a major revamp to the house to make the place more Lleyton-friendly. Here's the basic concept:

1) Move the cabinet next to the sofa
2) Shift the dining table to the corner next to the kitchen
3) Adjust the dining light higher so that Daddy's head would not hit the lights after the table has been removed
4) Set up Lleyton's table and chairs (birthday gift from Aunt LL) next to the sofa
5) Remove the side drawer next to Mummy & Daddy's bed
6) Place mega beanbags in lieu of drawers next to bed

Ta-da! In about 2 hours, including cleaning up.. here's the "new" Ng's residence.

Lleyton found much joy in the new set-up and happily immersed into his playarea...

Monday morning
Lleyton didn't feel hot anymore. Furthermore, his cut on the lips has turned into a small white ucler after the application of Bonjela. However, Mummy decided to bring Lleyton to the GP as a precautionary measure, for a prescription, to safegaurd against a relapse in his fever. Hence, Lleyton probably can't go ahead with the visit to Aunt SSR, Kayden Kor-Kor and Baby Tristan. What a pity.. as Mummy was looking forward to see them and also get together with some of her ex-colleagues.

Monday Afternoon
Nevertheless, Mummy will most likely go ahead with lunch at Fish & Co to celebrate Aunt TPP's birthday. Same day as Deepavali. Wonder if she will wear her Punjabi out later.. hehe :)

This is a long post to demonstrate the events that happened within the short span of 2.5 days. Mostly unplanned for...