What an eventful weekend it has been for us! An unfortunate accident took place last Friday night but that led to a discovery of another matter, so perhaps it can be called a 'blessing in disguise'.
What happened was last Friday evening, we brought Kendrick to meet my parents for dinner at Changi Village. After that, we went back to the chalet that my Father booked for the weekend. We were exploring the chalet for a while and not long later, somehow all of us were each distracted doing something. And in a quick turn of events, an accident followed. Well, Kendrick actually climbed onto this chair and stood up. But in a second, he lost balance (since the chair was not very heavy) and fell down, face first! Neither of us were able to rush in time to grab hold of him and prevent the accident. Sigh. Kendrick was obviously quite traumatized by the fall as it took us quite long to calm him down and stop him from crying. As he cried, there were even tinges of blood that came out with his mucus. Thankfully, that was it, no serious bleeding. We checked his face and hands to see where he was injured. It was quite apparent that the forehead started to swell slightly. His nose bridge area as well. After getting a reaction of pain when we pressed his nose, Dear felt that we should send him to see a doctor right away.
So off we went, at 9+ pm to Mt. Alvernia 24hr clinic. It was certainly a long way there from Changi!! Well, we finally got there and waited for our turn to see the doctor. Luckily, Kendrick was still able to walk and move about with a normal level of alertness. The doctor checked on him and suggested that we should do an X-ray of his nose, just to check whether there was any fracture. I felt really terrible that Kendrick had to go through an X-ray so young, but what choice do we have? We needed to be certain. So we went ahead with that and waited again for the doctor to see us for the diagnosis. Being just a normal GP, he could not be fully certain from the X-ray film whether or not there was a fracture. Hence he recommended that we see an ENT specialist the next day. You can imagine how worried we were then - I was really sad that what if it was a fracture and eventually Kendrick's nose would be distorted or something!!
Nothing else could be done that night and we were all really tired out. We got home at almost 11pm and quickly settled Kendrick and got him to bed just before 12am. The boy was tired and slept easily. The only worry I had for the night was if anything else happened. Again thankfully, he was fine and slept quite well through the night. On Saturday morning, as I looked upon Kendrick's face, I could see that his forehead was slightly bruised and the area between his eyes were a little swelled. Feeling sad, I quickly contacted the ENT specialist for an appointment. We got a slot and headed to Novena Medical Centre in the late morning. I must say the doctor certainly was so much more professional and more reassuring. The good news was - Kendrick DID NOT suffer any fracture. The swelling and all were just a result of normal bruising and should heal in a week or so. However, being an ENT specialist, the doctor also checked his ears and throat and discovered that there was fluid in his inner ear drum. This was nothing to do with the fall. It was linked to his recent incidents of flu. The doctor therefore required a further scope of Kendrick's nose to check and be certain of the cause of it.
My poor son actually bravely went through the whole process of endoscope without moving and without struggling!! I'm just so amazed at him! The doc said it was not painful, but I'm sure it wasn't that comfortable either. Anyway, this led to the discovery of adenoids (a mass of lymphoid tissue situated at the very back of the nose) that were quite swollen. That resulted in blocking the middle ear bit which prevented the fluid from flowing out. Thus, Kendrick in a way has some form of ear infection. The doctor suggested treatment via antibiotics and a nasal spray first for a week before accessing the situation again. In the worst case scenario, a surgery is required to remove the adenoids. Gosh...you cannot imagine how I felt...I mean it may not seem like a very very serious problem, cos it's quite common in children, but imagine if we didn't go to the ENT specialist, how would we have known this problem existed??! And in the long term, what if it caused some worse danger?! Sigh....so in a way, I thank God for letting us discover this matter under such an unexpected circumstance.
I can only hope that the medication works for Kendrick...I really don't know how I'll feel going back to the doctor next Saturday... :( But I'm just thankful Kendrick is still very cheerful, active and lovely, despite a slight swollen look on his face. Really pray that he will continue on his path of recovery and be totally fine!!!
What happened was last Friday evening, we brought Kendrick to meet my parents for dinner at Changi Village. After that, we went back to the chalet that my Father booked for the weekend. We were exploring the chalet for a while and not long later, somehow all of us were each distracted doing something. And in a quick turn of events, an accident followed. Well, Kendrick actually climbed onto this chair and stood up. But in a second, he lost balance (since the chair was not very heavy) and fell down, face first! Neither of us were able to rush in time to grab hold of him and prevent the accident. Sigh. Kendrick was obviously quite traumatized by the fall as it took us quite long to calm him down and stop him from crying. As he cried, there were even tinges of blood that came out with his mucus. Thankfully, that was it, no serious bleeding. We checked his face and hands to see where he was injured. It was quite apparent that the forehead started to swell slightly. His nose bridge area as well. After getting a reaction of pain when we pressed his nose, Dear felt that we should send him to see a doctor right away.
So off we went, at 9+ pm to Mt. Alvernia 24hr clinic. It was certainly a long way there from Changi!! Well, we finally got there and waited for our turn to see the doctor. Luckily, Kendrick was still able to walk and move about with a normal level of alertness. The doctor checked on him and suggested that we should do an X-ray of his nose, just to check whether there was any fracture. I felt really terrible that Kendrick had to go through an X-ray so young, but what choice do we have? We needed to be certain. So we went ahead with that and waited again for the doctor to see us for the diagnosis. Being just a normal GP, he could not be fully certain from the X-ray film whether or not there was a fracture. Hence he recommended that we see an ENT specialist the next day. You can imagine how worried we were then - I was really sad that what if it was a fracture and eventually Kendrick's nose would be distorted or something!!
Nothing else could be done that night and we were all really tired out. We got home at almost 11pm and quickly settled Kendrick and got him to bed just before 12am. The boy was tired and slept easily. The only worry I had for the night was if anything else happened. Again thankfully, he was fine and slept quite well through the night. On Saturday morning, as I looked upon Kendrick's face, I could see that his forehead was slightly bruised and the area between his eyes were a little swelled. Feeling sad, I quickly contacted the ENT specialist for an appointment. We got a slot and headed to Novena Medical Centre in the late morning. I must say the doctor certainly was so much more professional and more reassuring. The good news was - Kendrick DID NOT suffer any fracture. The swelling and all were just a result of normal bruising and should heal in a week or so. However, being an ENT specialist, the doctor also checked his ears and throat and discovered that there was fluid in his inner ear drum. This was nothing to do with the fall. It was linked to his recent incidents of flu. The doctor therefore required a further scope of Kendrick's nose to check and be certain of the cause of it.
My poor son actually bravely went through the whole process of endoscope without moving and without struggling!! I'm just so amazed at him! The doc said it was not painful, but I'm sure it wasn't that comfortable either. Anyway, this led to the discovery of adenoids (a mass of lymphoid tissue situated at the very back of the nose) that were quite swollen. That resulted in blocking the middle ear bit which prevented the fluid from flowing out. Thus, Kendrick in a way has some form of ear infection. The doctor suggested treatment via antibiotics and a nasal spray first for a week before accessing the situation again. In the worst case scenario, a surgery is required to remove the adenoids. Gosh...you cannot imagine how I felt...I mean it may not seem like a very very serious problem, cos it's quite common in children, but imagine if we didn't go to the ENT specialist, how would we have known this problem existed??! And in the long term, what if it caused some worse danger?! Sigh....so in a way, I thank God for letting us discover this matter under such an unexpected circumstance.
I can only hope that the medication works for Kendrick...I really don't know how I'll feel going back to the doctor next Saturday... :( But I'm just thankful Kendrick is still very cheerful, active and lovely, despite a slight swollen look on his face. Really pray that he will continue on his path of recovery and be totally fine!!!
