God is good to Jadon

Jadon, our son is to be dedicated to God on 28th September 2008. On 14th September 2008, we were supposed to attend the dedication class to prepare us for the dedication. We had to cancel the class because on 13th September 2008, Saturday, Jadon suddenly had fever. He was fine in the morning without any symptom that he was not well. His mum, Shee Aie was not well the day before with running nose, cough and fever. We could not imagine that it was passed to him so fast.

Jadon’s fever did not subside completely even after taking fever mixture. By about 9.30pm that night, the temperature has shot up to 39.3 degree Celsius. So we decided to give him the Voren supp which is very effective in bringing down the fever within half an hour. But after one hour, the temperature did not go down much. We were really panic and we bathed him. Even that did not bring down the fever. We decided to give him Paracetamol syrup hoping that it will bring down the fever. But immediately after taking the mixture, he vomited it out. All the pediatricians clinic were closed on Saturday evening. We decided to call Pastor Choon Miau to inform him that we could not make it to the dedication class the next day. Pastor Choon Miau told us that one of our church member, Joseph Kwan is a pediatrician and we can call him if we need help. So we called him at about 11.00pm and told him what had happened. He told us that it was not advisable to give Voren Supp to child below two years old. He advised us to get Jadon admitted as the fever was very high.

On the way to SJMC, we prayed hard as we can see that Jadon was very hot and tired. We informed Suet, our home cell group leader that we are getting Jadon admitted and asked her to pray for us. Suet informed the rest of the CG members and they all prayed for us. God is good and by the time we reached the hospital, his fever has gone down to 37.5 degree Celsius. Doctor said it was viral fever but any way, we decided to get him admitted just in case the fever will come back again.

He was admitted and the fever went up and down while still in the hospital the next day. The fever subsided completely only on 15th September, Monday morning. What we learned from the pediatrician who treated him at the hospital really scared us. He also told us that child below two years old should not be given Voren Supp. It may affect his brain.

Jadon was discharged on Monday. Upon reaching home, I check the DIMS medicine book to double confirm that Voren Supp should not be given to child below two years old. It says that the dosage for children should not be more than 1mg per kg of body weight. Then I decided to check the dosage of the Voren Supp that I have given to Jadon. To my surprise, it was not Voren Supp that I have given him. It was Paracetamol Supp. It was really a relief to know that. It the midst of all the panic, I thought that the Supp that I have is all this while Voren Supp and thank God it is not. And looking back, if Jadon has not vomited out the Paracetamol syrup that I gave him one hour after the supposedly Voren Supp, I may have unknowingly overdosed him with Paracetamol.

God is good and He is in control of the whole situation. Normally Jadon would not vomit when he takes Paracetamol syrup. But that particular time, he vomited and because of panic we did not try to give him again which we normally do should he vomit his medicine. God has held us back from giving it to him.

On hindsight, there was a spiritual war going on that Saturday. Jadon is a very special child, a precious gift from God. God is with him since he was conceived. He has gone through tough time while in the womb. But God has brought him into this world a perfect baby. So when it comes for him to be dedicated to God, the Satan is trying hard to prevent this from happening. But God is a sovereign God. Victory is own our side because there is power in the blood of Lamb. Evil one shall flee in the name of Jesus.

Thanks and glory be to God.

Posted by Lam Seng