a terrible week

our whole family including my helper got sick since last week...

my two boys and papa got infected by the hand-foot and mouth disease, luckily the boys are fine now.

it is uncommon in adults, but those with immune deficiencies are very susceptible, and unfortunately papa is one of them....he got a high fever since tuesday, then followed by sore throat and loss of appetite. on the 3rd day, some rash became evident on his hands, feet, mouth, tongue and even inside of the cheeks, papa felt so itchy and painful. there is no specific treatment for this disease, so the doctors did not issue medicine for this illness, just gave him some fever reducers to control high temperatures. felt so helpless and i looked for some chinese therapies from the internet to help him, here's what i found:

治療方：
對付皮膚皰疹：苦參、野菊花、紫草、地膚子各30g，加水3000ml，煎至2000ml，涼至35℃~38℃，泡洗手足臀部10~15分鐘。
對付口咽部皰疹：西瓜霜吹敷口腔患處，或口腔炎噴劑噴患處，每日2次。
對付口疼牙齦腫：可用板藍根10克，黃芩、白蘚皮各6克，雙花3克，竹葉、薄荷各2克，煎水含漱。

食療方：
紅蘿蔔1條，白茅根15g，竹蔗1節，生苡仁15g，每日1劑，煎水代茶。
燈芯草5扎，蟬蛻3g，木棉花1朵，雞骨草10g，瘦豬肉50g，煲湯飲用。
荷葉粥：鮮荷葉2張，白米50克，將荷葉切碎，煮粥吃。

after a few treatments, he started to feel a bit better now, i hope he will fully recover soon.
after all, i feel like putting these pictures to remind myself how important health is and wish we would all cherish what we have everyday....