My Daughter have Chicken Pox and I Learned and Important Lesson in Life

My daughter was just treated because of pneumonia. At first glance you wont even think that she got pneumonia until she coughs and sneezes. She was declared free of pneumonia last Saturday but another one was about to unfold, an ordeal I don't want my daughter to experience but part of growing up.
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For two days, she was too cranky, refused to drink her milk and eat her food, she can't even find her rhythm to sleep at night. She is very irritated because of chicken pox.

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On the first day (that's a Friday), she only consumed 4 ounces of milk the whole day, nothing more and you will already noticed that she lose some weights (see left photo). The second day was even harder though she ate a small serving of porridge, she did not eat anymore or even drink her milk.

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She cried at night until 3 am I guess. I bought some biscuits and a cup of noodles hoping that she would eat it but still refused. We tried hard to let her drink her milk, even if she was trying it was really difficult for her because her tongue also have chicken pox.
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I was really worried that she would end up dehydrated. At about 4am (I guess), we tried to convinced her to drink her milk. We told her that she needs it to avoid dehydration. With the help of a teaspoon she begun drinking her milk. It may be funny but I started to cry the moment she sipped her milk and consumed 6 ounces of milk.

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Because of my daughter's ordeal, I understand more how our Almighty Father love us, His children. When we are experiencing difficulties in life, He is watching us and even cry with us. He is hurting when we got hurt, he grieves with us when we are sad but most especially, He dances with us in times of victory.

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There is always a lesson to learn and blessings to receive from any trials that comes our way. My daughter's ordeal is over. She is drinking her milk now and her appetite is back to normal. She ate a lot of grapes yesterday. The blessings she receive: she is not drinking her milk in her feeding bottle anymore but straight from a cup (though sometimes she still wanted a teaspoon).

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No more tears at night.

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Parenthood is a difficult job but I love every second of it.

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P.S. : Thanks to her toy Barney, it helped a lot. Some sort of a security blanket I guess. We are expecting that the chicken pox will be gone in a day or 2

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