Clinic and the bug

Ikram had a minor fever. Yesterday when I fetched him from Kak Nah house, something catched my eyes. Saw black spot in his left ear. Tried to check but he seem refused to let me touch his ear. This morning, I tried again, my intention was to clean his ear cannal as I used to do with cotton bud. Its my habit to clean his ear cannal almost every day to ensure it cleaniness. However this morning I was so surprise to see some black spot which was not due to dirtiness or lack of cleaniness. It was something different.He cried when I touched it. It caught my attention as he used to like the feeling of cotton bud 'playing' in his ears cannal but not today. When sent him over to Kak Nah, asked her to check what happened to his left ear.

In the afternoon, adik called, informing me her colleagues son was admitted in ICU due to hard breathing and few other complications. Doctor suspected either abused or fell down. Internally almost all were damaged including brain. There were traces of blood clog.The mother was so shocked. She told my sister, a week ago she found that her baby which is 3 months old having vomitting sympthom and not feeling very well. She took the baby to the clinic and the Dr prescription was a normal bloathing stomach/upset stomach. Being a firts time mother she took the Dr advise 100% not knowing what was exactly happened until a day before yesterday when the nursery lady called her at the office saying her baby hardly breath. Her husband rushed the baby to the nearest private medical centre to only be stormed by the Dr saying, you want to report or I report to the police. Panicked she asked the Dr what went wrong. Dr suspected the baby been brutally abuse based on the condition. The baby now been pun under ICU with 1% chances. Either live and grow as a cabbage or die. The mother doesnt know what to do and who to blame for. The baby was under the care of either the nursery, her mother in-law and sister for the past one week due to her constant out station duty. She was so sad and traumatic.

Hearing this makes me even more scared. Inside my head all negative things mingling and jumping up and down with Ikram status, knowing that it is school break and many kids will linger at Kak Nah house to play with Ikram, afraid things unexpectedly happen to him by those kids. My sense of suspiscious grew since Kak Nah first daughter came to deliver her baby with her first daughter about 2 years plus a week ago. Until today she has yet to show any sign of labour. So together with Sumo and her sister all are now 3 kids at the house and not including the neighbouring kids who likes to play with Ikram.

So after work, I rushed to Kak Nah house to get Ikram to be checked by the specialist. I saw the black spot again and Kak Nah seems not noticing it untill I showed it to her. When I tried to touch his left ear, Ikram showed a painful sign, more than this morning. This makes me even panic. He tried avoiding his left ear been touch by anybody not even a shirt sleeves. This shows he was having a great pain.

So we went to the nearby paediatrician. The Dr. checked his ear, and smilled to me. He asked me whether or not I have any pets such as dog or cat. I said no and not even the entire family. Then Dr moved aside to get his equipment a very small equipment with his special torch light. When we tried to faced Ikram to the side so the Dr can see clearly through his ear cannal, he cried so loud showing how painful it was. When he had his monthly jap, he didnt even cry but this time he cried his lung out. There were three of us tried to calmed him down so that the Dr can do his job easily. Me holding his hand and body, the nurse hold his head and the Dr do his job. Dr. pulled something from the ear and put on the paper. I saw something like a dust just like I saw this morning. It was not blood, its black in colour, again I had this negative thinking, I wonder was it a pencil carbon? Oh please no. I'm so afraid. Then the Dr tried again pulling out something with Ikram cried so loud and kicking around. He managed to pull something and showed it to me. A tiny black thing with ting legs. The Dr. said its a pets bug. Astagrafilullah. I almost shout as I felt so eerie. I can feel my goose pimples arose. What a disgusting thing. How can this bug showed up in our family. We have no pets and I dont see any pets around Kak Nah house. Must be someone has brough it frome somewhere and transmitted it to Ikram. Told the Dr as well that Ikram used to have his monthly mild fever and Dr. asked me why. I simply said his normal monthly fever and Dr told me that a healthy boy doesnt get fever as often, if it so, there must be reason why. So the Dr advised me to bring Ikram the next round he has his fever to check further the reason of it. And as for this round the Dr said Ikram having fever due to a sorethroat. no wonder he didnt have any epetite for his milk except water.

I'm so relieved and called Kak Midah and adik to report on the news. They were shocked to find what was happened. At almost 11 pm received called from Tok Wan, asking about the bug story. Kak Midah has reported to her about the incident. She (Tok Wan) was the one who told me it must have been other people who brought and transmitted the bug to Ikram knowing that we have no pets and based on her experienced with her daughter when she was young. Gosh this is really scary. It was a bit difficuly to put him to sleep as he need and us need to avoid his left ear. Finally he slept on Ab's arm and we transferred him on bed.