in times of sickness

rafael is having fever again, just one week after his recovered from his last one.

in times of sickness, i'm grateful that:

- i am still breastfeeding, and i can make him drink more liquid even when he's sleeping.
- i have a job that can allow me to take leave relatively easily.
- i can leave rafael in the safe pair of hands of my in-laws who live nearby - as we have no maids.

call me suspicious (haha, no one noticed my typo - i meant superstitious! :P), but rafael has been sick in three consecutive februraies - in 2007 he was hospitalised for 8 days after he was born, in 2008 he was absent from school for most of the days and in 2009 he has seen the doctor twice in a month already. february is certainly the influenza season i believe!

children get sick all the time, but as parents, we couldn't help not to worry as much each time around. i tend to believe what a doctor told me though, that this is how the children build up their antibodies and get strong.

this picture was taken when he was having fever last week - he woke up in the middle of the night asking for a glass of cow's milk!

靖愷病了，發燒最高至102度許。醫生說是感染了病毒，昨天沒有喉嚨發炎，肺也清，但今天開始有鼻水了。

照片拍於上星期（！）發燒時，靖愷凌晨醒來說要喝牛奶！孩子就是這樣，病了仍可以笑瞇瞇，倒是教一家人都擔心不已。

愷愷，加油啊！打勝仗後，你的身體又會再強壯一點！