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Yesterday afternoon, Papa saw some ulcers in Kate's mouth. A visit to the doctor confirmed that she have HFMD. She have ulcers in her mouth and lesions on her buttocks, thighs, and feet and is rejecting food and water....

Poor baby comforting herself with a toy .....

Some of the spots on her thigh....

Hope she recover soon!

Afternote :

Since many blogs about HFMD only copy and paste info from KKH's website, mommy decided to put down her progress for the different days. Hopefully this info can serve as a guide as she was unable to find such info when Kate first started having HFMD.

Day 0 (Sat) : on-off fever

Day 1 (Sun) : on-off fever, ulcers appearing, HFMD diagnosed by GP

Day 2 (Mon) : fever gone. More lesions appearing. Refuse food and drink. Only drink very little FM. In the end even boycott milk as papa keep nagging her to drink water. Cried everytime milk bottles touches her mouth as the water causes her pain.

Day 3 (Tue) : Refuse all except for 2/3 rounds of milk. Still crying whenever she drank her milk.

Day 4 (Wed) : Mommy friend Tan SL suggested giving her ice cream, so mommy tried yoghurt and Kate finished the whole serving! Mommy is very happy and bought more yoghurt. Cried less when drinking milk.

Day 5 (Thur) : Kate still only FM and yoghurt only. But no longer cried when the milk bottle touches her lips. Insisted on her yoghurt.

Day 6 (Fri) : started drinking abit of plain water, but only when its from the yoghurt container. Mommy cooked pasta for her and she finished it. :)

Day 7 (Sat) : finally started drinking from her sippy cup again! Had 2 rounds of solid - rice, and porridge. Ulcers in mouth cleared off. Now always ask mommy for yoghurt by gesturing for her to open the fridge.

Day 8 (Sun) : to be updated