The Bad, Bad Mozzie

On the evening of 4th June, when I picked up Ian from the Nanny's, I saw that his right eye was swollen. He had been badly bitten at her house on the eye and also on the legs. He could only open about 3/4 of his eye. I took a photo of his face with my phone and sent it to Hubby to see. We decided to wait until the next morning to see how it went.

Unfortunately, the eye was even more swollen and he could only open not more than 1/2 of the eye. We quickly took him to see the PD at Sembawang. Unfortunately, the doctor was sick too, so I surfed forums with my phone and found another highly-recommended PD at Bishan.

Bad things did not come alone. When we reached the clinic, we were informed that the doctor had just left the clinic for an emergency case at the hospital. So, we waited for almost an hour to see her. Ian was happy there, because they had a playroom upstairs with lots of toys.

When we finally got to see the doctor, she relieved us of our anxiety with an optimistic view of Ian's case. She was not so supportive of unnecessary oral medication, and so we were only given a tube of eye gel and to observe until Saturday morning. She even taught us how to manage insect bites in future, to prevent the bite from swelling like how it was. Also, she advised us to paste the mosquito repellent on his back if there were mosquitoes around. It was well-worth the wait to see this PD.

Hubby had to return to work again and so I had to take care of Ian alone. Except for the swollen eye, Ian was still at his normal, happy self.

The swelling did not subside on Saturday morning, nor did it worsen. Hence, we did not visit the PD again. However, we postponed his Kindermusik class on that day, as we did not want to invite uninvited stares from others.

Thankfully, his eye recovered very quickly on Sunday and he could open more than 3/4 of it. When we brought him back to the Nanny's on Monday, his eyes was almost completely healed except for a little swell on the original place of bite.