poor BabyRayan! He is down with HMFD(hand, foot&mouth disease). No wonder these few days he is being cranky&is always clinging onto me/mummy/sister Louann. Mummy found out in the morning at 10am while I was sleeping. She was shocked&accidentally shouted across the room for my maid. And that made me wake up from my beauty sleep-.-' I was startled&quickly rushed to Rayan when I heard what mummy said. So mummy&sister Louann brought Rayan to the doctor while I went back to sleep^^ My first brother was not at home as he stayed over at his friend's place. And he will be staying over one more night. YAY!^^ Freedom uh uy!:D So Rayan was clinging to me the whole day now. Poor baby. He doesn't want to eat at all. I sympathize him so badly!): Even if he wants to take his toy car that is only one metre away from him, he would come to me, take my hand&make me go with him. Then at 4pm, my aunty came. We chat quite a lot. Caught up in what's going on in our lives. She's my favourite aunty. We even wore the same colour top, orange. Then my grandmother said ''macm korang janji aje''. Meaning it's like you guys planned to wear the same colour. And my aunty replied ''kate favourite aunty&favourite niece mah!''. Haha. She's still here. Talking to my grandmother. I know what's the plan for tomorrow. My mother&I are going to meet my adopted sister! I miss her. She's 22? I think. Last I saw her was last year. Yeay! Haha^^

HMFD
The Description
Hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) is a common viral illness of infants and children. The disease causes fever and blister-like eruptions in the mouth and/or a skin rash. HFMD is often confused with foot-and-mouth (also called hoof-and-mouth) disease, a disease of cattle, sheep, and swine; however, the two diseases are not related—they are caused by different viruses. Humans do not get the animal disease, and animals do not get the human disease.

The Cause
HFMD is caused by viruses that belong to the enterovirus genus (group). This group of viruses includes polioviruses, coxsackieviruses, echoviruses, and enteroviruses.
Coxsackievirus A16 is the most common cause of HFMD, but other coxsackieviruses have been associated with the illness.
Enteroviruses, including enterovirus 71, have also been associated with HFMD and with outbreaks of the disease.

How It Is Spread
Infection is spread from person to person by direct contact with infectious virus. Infectious virus is found in the nose and throat secretions, saliva, blister fluid, and stool of infected persons. The virus is most often spread by persons with unwashed, virus-contaminated hands and by contact with virus-contaminated surfaces.
Infected persons are most contagious during the first week of the illness.
The viruses that cause HFMD can remain in the body for weeks after a patient's symptoms have gone away. This means that the infected person can still pass the infection to other people even though he/she appears well. Also, some persons who are infected and excreting the virus, including most adults, may have no symptoms.
HFMD is not transmitted to or from pets or other animals.