Having a cute baby at home comes with a lot of responsibilities. Any baby that is not well nurtured can in fact become so ugly and unkept. In life there are tasks we need to accomplish and there are responsibilities and if we play our role well our baby will grow up to be beautiful and healthy to appreciate us. I know many times when baby will fall sick and needs drugs, sometimes after taking some drugs the sickness will stop a little and then continue. In times like this the entire family will be so worried and our neighbors and extended family relations will be bring different suggestions just to make sure that baby is out of danger. Around last year one the things that actually became a challenge to us was how she was coughing. The cough really affected her so much that she got weak.
We went to nearby pharmacy store and bought some drugs and it wasn't effective enough but the rate of her coughing reduced. It so much reduced that every was hoping she will get completely free from the cough, just at the time when we were about to celebrate and be happy that our baby has regained her loss strength and stopped coughing, the cough came back in full force.
The coughed so much to the extent we went back to the pharmacy store to buy another costly drug, it was then we discovered that among the many drugs that were given to us that two among them serves the same purpose, the only difference is that they bear different names and are product of different companies.
My brother was the one who discovered this and this led to return it back to the pharmacist and after the complaint was laid, the pharmacist admitted to his mistake but by then we've actually lost hope in the pharmacy shop.
We perfectly understood the fact that we are trying to save our babies life but the worst thing that can happen is giving her overdose of medicine due to someone else's mistake whom is expected to be a professional in drug administration.
Our lost of hope and discouragement in the pharmacy store led us to take the bold step of gathering as much money as we can to go to the hospital and in fact it was the best choice.
When we got to the hospital, it turn out that the challenge baby was having was even more serious than we thought.
Drugs were administered to her and she took injections on both sides of her small soft bum bum and in fact it was very painful to her that I felt so sorry for her. If sickness is something someone can pick out of someone without injections, I would have considered it because she was in so much pain. After the drugs were administered the bills were brought and in fact it was a very heavy bill but it was paid. Since last year till this day, she is safe and sound and there is no symptom of cough or cattarh left in her. I think this actually thought me a big lesson because I learnt that it is better to go to the best place even if it will cost big money. It is better to spend big and save life than try to minimize the expenditure of money and lose a soul.
I hope she will grow up someday and understand the level of sacrifices that was done for her to survive and I hope she grow up to be a good girl too.
Conclusion
Parents should try as much as possible to cover their baby every night with a good clothing material that suits the weather conditions. If the weather is very cold, it is very much advisable for parents to cover their baby with thick clothes. Wearing thick clothes can help prevent cold from easily entering into the body of a child, the reason for this is because the skin of a child is very soft but the skin of an adult is thick enough to reduce penetration of cold air.
Secondly it is very much advisable for parents to start early in treating their children's ailments so that their will be more rate of success and recovery rate. Late treatment sometimes can be life threatening especially when the issue has far developed beyond contentment, treatment or managing, the earlier the better.
Parents should allow be on the look out to identify potential changes in behavior of their children.
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