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when the kids get sick, they really do get sick, and along the way, infect the adults too ...
some weeks back, V had HFMD ... she had high fever on Monday, then by Tuesday, it's confirmed HFMD so we tried to separate the 2 kids. Then #2 started having low grade fever, we weren't sure because he was also teething ... then funny rashes and blisters started showing up. The problem was, the doctor on Sat didn't want to confirm it's HFMD. Sunday, we went to another doctor, and again, the comments that it wasn't typical HFMD kinds rashes but cannot rule it out because his sister have HFMD. In the end, I brought him to the usual PD on Monday, and immediately, he confirmed that it was HFMD. How so? Apparently the rashes/ blisters are typical of HFMD. Imagine me gashing my teeth in frustration, after wasting a over a hundred dollars over the weekend to heard that it most probably not HFMD but they won't rule it out. So ... while V was recovering, #2 started his HFMD cycle. Thankfully, while they bad big ulcers in their mouth, they were quite happy with water with lots of ice, and the way #2 was chomping down the food chain, you won't have believed that he had big ones on the roof of his mouth.
Then ... V starting having a bout of flu ... it was really quite bad, because I fell sick too. And then, it wasn't just 1 bout, it went on to a second bout. I had to go on 2 rounds of antibotics and I burnt 6 days of annual leave within 2 weeks.
We had plan for this trip sometime back as our miles were going to expire soon. We booked the flights, the accommodations, and a side trip to Kyoto. Then, we cancelled it. Then just before we were due to fly, we made a last minute scramble to book the trip to Kyoto again, when the yen is at a all time high of SGD1.61 to 100 yen ... i cannot describe the "ouch" but I think even if the yen was SGD1.80 to 100 yen, I'll prob still happily run off to Japan.
I think we finally recovered just before the trip, but the night before, the hubby complained of a painful throat. I just shove him some medication and well, it worked *cross fingers*.
The flight didn't have a promising start. We arrive nice and early, hardly any queue to check in ... then when we entered the boarding area, they announced that the flight would be delayed due to a mechanical fault. The flight was going to be delayed for at least an hour! In the end, V fell asleep and I conked out too (oops #2 is not going because of his sensitive lungs, I didn't want to take the risk). The plane even had to go somewhere else to be "repaired" and when it finally came back, we were happier, because it meant that we should be moving soon. They allowed us to board first (priority for parents with young kids) so we settled in quite quickly. Er, within 5 minutes, I conked out and I think I slept for at least 2 hours, within on and off disturbances from V. She too, eventually fell asleep, and I think she slept for about 3 hours. When we finally arrived at 3pm. The immigration and checkout was a breeze - no queue no crowds, and we were even the last to collect the luggage. We really wondered where the crowds went! We got the 3.45pm bus to the hotel (airport limo) and we finally arrived past 5pm. We were really tired, and V fell asleep half-way during the ride. We washed up and went to a "usual haunt" for dinner, but the server was no longer there. Ah well. Tomorrow will be a long day, we plan to spend the day at asakusa (well we originally planned to go to Puroland but with the side trip to Kyoto, we don't have any time to spend in Tokyo itself.
The hotel room is small, much smaller than the other building we are used to stay. But, we'll be here for 3 nights only, so we will just make do with it ... Tomorrow we will try to the noodle shop, but it seems to have disappeared too. We didn't see it when we were on the bus to the hotel ... I wonder what else have changed since we last visited in 2006 ...
Big scare of the day: On the flight, V suddenly asked me, "mummy, what is that red red thing?" I turned and saw, she was pointing to some red splatter on her colouring book. To my horror, her nose was bleeding! I freaked out because I do have a slight phobia of blood. I quickly wiped her nose with a wet tissue and tried to clean the book. She lay down for a little while to rest after the bleeding had stopped. She asked why her nose didn't bleed when we were flying to abd back from Hawaii, so I said, it's probably becuz she kept digging her nose! She went," but I have gold inside mah" *faint*
Joke of the day: we were talking about how much Yen it costs for something, then V went "my didi? Ian?" So we tried explaining to her yen = japanese currency, and not her didi, but she still went "ian my didi!" (we nicknamed Ian as "yan yan") ... ah the innocence of children.
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