Griffin fell asleep at around 9:30 pm. Before sleeping he was lying on the bed then suddenly said his right cheek ( near the ear) hurt. I checked it and it looked like there was a very slight lump. I was wondering if it was mumps. He fell asleep though after nursing. At around 12:00 am he woke up crying, then I saw that he had a big lump already on the right side of his face near the ear. I showed my mom and she said it might be mumps but she wasn't sure so we decided to bring him to Makati Med. Griffin was crying all the way there because he wanted to go home. He only stopped crying when we were about to leave the hospital. The doctors said, it was indeed mumps. Thanks to Griffin's Maxicare card, we did not pay for anything at the hospital.
He had his MMR shots before but the doctor said it might be a different strain so he could still get mumps despite the vaccination. He was only prescribed Ibuprofen for the pain. He did not want to take medicine though. When asked, he says he feels no pain. So this is why he had a fever last week. He actually had the virus already but it was just today that the swelling symptoms manifested. It is possible that he got the virus from school. The doctor advised that he stay at home for 1 week so he'll be absent from school this whole week.
Hopefully, he'll get better soon. I hope he doesn't feel pain so that he can still eat cheesedog with rice. The doctor advised him to be on a soft diet but Griffin being a very picky eater, I doubt if he would eat lugaw. Maybe he could eat sopas or soupy rice.
Get well soon baby!
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