Friday, January 9, 2009

there's this cute little 5 mth old baby i looked after today. Did junior, so bathed him, fed him, carried him, wiped his mucus and drool (he drools ALOT) and held him so close to me.
Only to find out during the end of shift that he actually needs isolation nursing care!
Doctor recieved a call from the lab, the results for his nasal swab showed that the baby has pertussis.

PERTUSSIS. also known as highly contagious WHOOPING COUGH.

great.
and today, i bathed him, fed him, carried him, wiped his mucus and drool and held him so close to me.

Infection control will need to contact tracing. 'cos the condition wasn't detected at C.E., so they warded him in the normal cubicles, shared with other patients.
May or may need antibiotics, or a jab.
I WILL PRAY AGAINST IT.
don't wanna get whooping cough.

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