A Father’s Diary

Tabi had a cough and it was not going away for a few days. She was also throwing up frequently. So we took her to the doctor. That’s when we found out she had Acute Bronchiolitis. The doctor recommended to admit her in the hospital and start the treatment immediately. He said she could recover very rapidly in the hospital and be discharged in a couple of days, while at home it could take a week or so. That was around 10 at night.

So we got her admitted in the hospital, in a state of shock as we never imagined it would be something that serious. Nevertheless, the treatment started and the highlight of the treatment was Nebulizer every 6 hours, along with fluids and other medicines. So we stayed in the hospital with the baby all night, the entire next day and night. She was discharged the following morning, 36 hours after she was admitted. The recovery was indeed rapid. The doctor was happy with the progress and advised us to continue the medicines. Couple of hours later we were home as relieved parents.

Other than worrying about our child, we had nothing to do in the hospital. It was excruciatingly boring. Imagine a couple who is always up to something sitting in a hospital with nothing to do but look at their ill baby. It was kind of funny actually. We were worried inside but at the same time we were laughing and making jokes. It felt like we had gone somewhere for vacations. To make it really look like a vacation I brought my laptop from home and we watched a couple of movies while the baby was asleep.

It was a roller coaster weekend for us. At least we were able to make the most out of free time we had in our hands.

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