Matthew caught a cold and had running nose 2 days ago. The stuffy nose resulted in him not able to sleep well and woke up every one hour at night. That made the 2 of us very miserable, so I brought him to the doctor 1st thing in the morning.
We went to a nearby clinic as recommended by the neighbour. It was a 5 mins drive away. You need to make an appointment for the clinic here. Some clinic can be really busy that you might not even get an appointment on the same day itself. Thank God we managed to get one before lunch time.
As it was our first time at the clinic, we had to fill up a form first. Matthew's cold was so bad, that his nose was literally dripping like a tap! Regardless of that, he was still playing with the toys there. When it came to our turn to see the doctor, Matthew was quite co-operative. He is actually quite used to being examined by the doctor. He used to visit the clinic more than we do, back in Singapore. After the examination, the doctor asked what was it that is worrying me. I was like, er, his running nose, can you not see that it is dripping like a tap?! I was actually expecting him to prescribe me with some cold medicine to stop the 'tap'. Then the doctor said, he usually doesn't prescribe any medicine for this kind of 'illness'. He said if you want, then give him some paracetemol, and give him time to heal. Cold medicine might make the heart works harder and make it more miserable for the child and might cause heart palpitation. But but but, my doctor in Singapore always give Matthew all sorts of flu medicine! Now, who is correct here?! I guess it's different practise and culture. People tends to self medicate here if it's common flu or cold. When it was time to go, Matthew waved goodbye, blow flying kiss, and even gave the doctor a 'hi five' on his hand.
I wasn't ready to give him time to heal, so I went to the pharmacy to get a medicine to stop his running nose. He is abit better now, at least not as bad as yesterday. I hope he will heal tomorrow and stop being so miserable.
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