One-Time Local First Help.
This was one hell of an experience that night, my baby brother's temperature had skyrocketed to a percentage I had no idea of but I knew something needed to be done about it.
Opps! I think until the day my country finally leaves the ”developing stage” before we could call for emergency assistance. If not just be ready to do the Do it Yourself Thing
Well back to the story, it was in the middle of the night. I was awoken by my mom’s consistent footsteps from the kitchen to the bathroom turning in a circle.
It felt unusual and I decided to get on my feet to know what the problem might be.
Immediately I saw the look on my baby brother’s face.. I knew all wasn't well. From that point, sleep was far gone from my eyes.
We didn't notice these on time. Before realization, all pharmacies around our environment had closed for the day.
We plan on settling for tomorrow when all of that comes up.
My mom who held a damp towel with a bowl of water continuously uses it to clean his body hoping to relieve the burning temperature.
She was still on that when all of a sudden he started convulsing.
I think I am already so emotional merely thinking about that night.
It was the shock of my life.
I've never been as scared as I was that day, for a child around the age of four, it was like watching my younger brother going before my very eyes.
Something, I just needed to do. I didn't realize my parents pouring a full bowl of water trying to revive him.
But I was thankful that in my confused state, my legs and head could work together.
The crude oil. Funny how my eyes always met with the bottle every time I came home from work. Never knew it would come to use that night.
Immediately I lay my hands on it.. I ran back to my brother who was still convulsing in the hands of my mom and immediately rubbed the oil from his head down to his toes.
I continued doing so for a while before he finally calmed down a bit.
Honestly, I didn't know where I got the strength from.
The normal me is so bad at acting on impulse. I guess I love my baby bro too much.
Fortunately, after he came back, I went to the kitchen to pill and diced out onions to add inside the crude oil which I mixed and continuously rubbed him with it.
The smell and stain were something else but it was my least or no concern at that point. When I discovered the temperature had dropped to a great amount I left him in the hands of my mom to phone a medical friend and told him all that happened.
That's where I learned the temperature should have been at a high decree to have led to that, and advised we manage with paracetamol alongside the damp towel for the night and bring him to the hospital at daybreak.
Well damp cloth, yes.. But. paracetamol no we didn't have it at home.
Not until daybreak after we took him to the hospital and were reassured he was medically fine nerves calmed down.
The burning question on that thing with crude oil came from my mom.
Not that I wasn't expecting the question too. lol, I even slapped myself for not remembering on time, it could probably have cooled the temperature long before that time.
I randomly just answered
One of the advantages of being around elders and hearing them tell stories.
I listened to my godmom’s mom being a midwife when the younger one casually mentioned the use of crude oil. That's it.
Ever since that scary experience, never again did we ignore the absence of children's paracetamol in the house since it was in a way still the best option especially being that it's in dealing with a child.
We never expected a sure experience to occur again but then chose to have crude oil around too, maybe plan B.
At the same time, never again did we take a mere temperature unserious, we learned the hard way and definitely wouldn't want a repetition of that very night.
You had a great scare with your brother, I am one of those who have a high fever and it is hard to lower the temperature and my son is the same way. On more than one occasion my grandmother and my mother put me in the bathroom in the middle of the night to lower my temperature, especially when I had measles. I love knowing that now they are always prepared in case another situation arises, let's hope it never happens again.
Never in my wildest imagination truly.
Oh wow! That's one serious way of calming a burning temperature.. Am glad you got them around at the time. For me, i can't stay too long in a pool, it gets me sick instead..lol
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This will take a lot of years.
Emotional Tory, so tell me why do you get emotional?.
Situations of very high temperature it is advisable he goes to the hospital. I belhome remedies should be for first aid treatments
Why won't i be emotional?? We went to the hospital at day break naw
Abeg naija never even enter developing stage, in fact we are underdeveloped state.
Ahan to your story, I can imagine the tension that night. E no go sha easy but thank God all at the end
At least una learn something, hehe
Nawa for you ooo🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I am still shocked how crude oil could do magic on a child's body. I could see your love for your brother and the tension you had that night was understandable. Thank God nothing worse happened and you did a good sister's role.
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I too want shocked that it worked since my baby was the first i used it on..
It's not a matter of sister sef, death is fearful when it looks youtube the face my gratitude is i only still able to respond even with that situation.
It has always been do it yourself in Nigeria if you waiting for anyone then you risking your life am glad things turned out great
I'm telling you, but then it's still a little risky taking up self medication especially for children.. God help us all
Yahhh I guess that is why a guardian is preferable
I’m sorry but your baby brother took my attention for a bit…he’s so cute 🥹🥹🥹
Where did Kelvin pass?
Anyway,ahh see the way I sighed when you said the doctors said he was fine
Lol.. Thank you so much abena😂
Kelvin is not too bad himself naw..but let's just take the reason of he watched womb for the rest of my other siblings and i too😅😅
Hehe, don’t say that for his head to become bigger
Lol..okay ma'am😂.
I can't still wrap my head around crude oil, i'"m thinking maybe palm kennel oil, I may be wrong sha.
Thank God you acted on time, I've once faced a similar scenario with my daughter, wasn't funny at all.
#dreemport
Yeah.. I heard too palm oil works but i think it's for a different purpose.
Crude oil saved the day, thank goodness you were able to act on time and applied the oil on his body which helped calmed his temperature.
Came through #dreemport