Yesterday we headed out around 11 am to try a new Vietnamese place for lunch. When getting David out of the car, I noticed a few bumps on his knee. On Saturday, we went down to Mexia for me to attend a baby shower and for all of us to visit my family. I figured that David got stung by ants or got into to some sort of grass that irritated his skin (which is super sensitive). I pointed it out to Matt and we waited for our table at Bistro B's, which was very yummy Vietnamese food, at least the part we ate before noticing that the bumps were spreading (and fast). By the middle of our lunch, the same bumps I originally saw on his knee now covered all of his legs, all of his arms and were starting on his face. I was not aware that there are viruses that cause such fast spreading and disgusting rashes, so we did the only logical thing we could think of - we took him to the ER. We probably should have called the pediatrician and waited for them to call back, but our child looked like he had leprosy and I thought, obviously, it was a flesh eating bacteria that was going to target brain cells within minutes (that is what happens on those movies, right?). Anyway, after an hour wait in the ER, a very nice middle-aged doctor with a young intern caring a laptop and taking notes, told us he had no idea what kind of rash it was, but that he would be fine with some benadryl and steroids. He told us to give him a second dose last night and another this morning and to follow-up with his doctor if it didn't get better. By this morning, it was not better. It was much worse, so we got an appointment with our pediatrician for 2pm today.
About 5 minutes before we left to head to the pediatrician's office, I got an e-mail from David's school saying they had multiple confirmed cases of hand foot and mouth in the toddler classes. Maybe I should have read that "What to Expect During the Second Year" book because I had no clue there was such a virus. I googled it and the spots looked like what David had with one major exception - David was covered with them on every place on his body except his hands and feet and mouth (and, at the time, his back and belly- it is now there as well). The doctor did confirm, after consultation with a few other doctors in the practice, that it was a case of hand, foot and mouth. Turns out that this is really common in young children when they go into pre-school, especially since it is highly contagious in young children. Since it is a virus similar to the common cold, there is nothing to treat it with other than staying home and resting. He has to stay home for a few days until the blisters heal. I am really hoping our school experience gets better because so far, it has been a disaster.
Before having our own version of Outbreak, we spent the prior week and weekend enjoying the great weather. After having the hottest summer ever, it was so nice to be able to go outside.
David trying to kiss the bird...
Fun times at the Arboretum with our friend Lila:
Picture from Keri's baby shower on Saturday. It was so much fun to see high school friends. Here is a picture of the group of us that went to school together.
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