First, the festivities:
Big Sis with Grandchild no.15 came back from Singapore for his baptism. So, Sis no.4 with Grandchildren numbers 5 and 8 came along, and since Little Brother was Godpa, obviously he had to come back too! So the whole gang was here, thus the festivities began...
Baby Benedict's baptism.There were 3 birthdays to celebrate: Sis no.3's and Eva and Solomon's as well. Then there was the baptism of course, and lastly, since every grandchild was present, the was a photo session with Grandpa.
Sis no 3's birthday.
Eva and Solomon's birthday.
All the young models waiting for photo shoot.Then, we get to the less fun part:
One by one kids no.2, 3 and 4 get sick. So, I had stay home and play nurse (the grumpy, sleep-deprived, over-worked, underpaid type) for a few days.
The paediatrician at a private clinic was not too worried, maybe because not being in a hospital setting, she's not in the loop on the latest developments with H1N1. Only when I brought Solomon to the paediatrician at a private hospital, did I find out how rampant it actually is. Out of every 10 patients whom he randomly swabs, 9 test positive! So, without even bothering to test, he declared it was most likely H1N1. Yes, you heard right, the dreaded Swine Flu.
Big Sis says WHO thinks that by September (that's only next month), there will be herd immunity, meaning majority of the population would have developed immunity, meaning most people would have had it already! So I'll bet some of the customers I have coming to my shop to buy face masks because they're worried about the swine flu have already unknowingly had it themselves!
Anyway, thank God Claire is totally recovered and Eva is only left with a lingering cough (which is pretty normal for her). Solomon also seems to be past the worst. His throat still sounds quite bad, but at least there are no more fevers. The fevers were pretty scary, with highs near the mid 39's! It was hard to bring down; even with Voltaren suppositories and sponging, it took an average of 1 hour to bring it down below 38 degrees Celsius!
Well, at least there's now one less thing to fear. Next in line will be H2N3! I suppose the regular emergence of flu mutations is unavoidable and just something we have to learn to live with.
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