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A Mother's Intuition |
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by miss3mum  (January 2009) (rank 500+) |
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We recently went on a holiday that was suppose to last for a month but after the first week my 11mth old baby started to get a cough and it was when we left NSW to go the Sunshine Coast that things progressively worse,he's fever was quite hot but it
dropped after each dose of Nurofen.His father was thinking it was him teething cos he was at the time but I had this feeling that it was not his teeth.This went on for the next 4 days and his cough sounded like a grandpa and after hearing nothing good about the medical services in the Sunshine Coast I was going home to get my boy to a doctor.My partner thinks I overreact if the kids get injured or sick but this was a different feeling my instincts were to drive.When we arrived home late in the night the baby was not as restless as previous nights so I rested as well but by 5am I knew he was ill as he is normally up & playing instead he was breathing quite hard and really lethargic,by 5.30 I was going to call 000,my partner wanted me to wait until doctor opened,I hesitated and nearly listened but that mother's feeling mad me rush him to the car & up to the hospital.After arriving at 6am my boy got worse I had to shake and shake him numerous times to keep him awake as he was just going so limp.Finally after 2 hrs we were seen and the doctor was almost going to admit him as she thought it was chest infection boarderlining on pnuemonia.My poor little man I felt so useless as I knew it was bad but I also felt a great sense of relief that I made the decision to cut the holiday short.I can't bear to think what may have happened if I didn't go with instincts. A mother's intuition happens for a reason so try not to ignore it,be safe not sorry.
