Friday, July 10, 2009

Mystery solved...FINALLY

Cohen has Roseola. His fever started going down last night and this morning it was at it's lowest since Monday when it started. Just 100.7 so I was relieved to see it going down but still didn't know what was causing the fever. Sometime between 8am when I got him dressed this morning and 10:30am when I got him undressed to be weighed, he developed a rash on his tummy and neck...classic Roseola-a fever for 3-5 days followed by a break in the fever and development of a rash. I had never heard of it but apparently it is VERY common in children and almost every child will have gotten it by the time they are 3 years old though not all of them develop a rash. The pediatrician said he could've picked it up anywhere so I'm 99% sure he got it when we were at the mall Sunday getting his 9month pics taken. There can't really be anywhere else he would've gotten it since Braedon isn't in school yet, we don't really go anywhere because it's just too hot and Chris hasn't been sick. It's possible he may have brought the virus home but it seems to be amongst the kiddo population rather than adults.

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