The rash is not as bad as you might think. It is not painful or itchy and it actually appears at the tail end of the sickness. So, the good news is that this is almost over! CP is doing much better today than the last two days. He is still sleeping a lot and not eating much, but he is more himself - that's right, into EVERYTHING and chatty, chatty, chatty. He was not even interested in sitting on my lap watching cartoons. Weird. The rash can last from a few hours to a few days. We first noticed the rash this afternoon before his nap and it was already better by the time he got up two hours later.
After reading up on roseola, I realized he had classic symptoms:
Roseola usually starts out with a sudden, relatively high fever, often above 103 degrees Fahrenheit.The fever typically lasts three to five days and may end abruptly, followed by the telltale rash. The rash may last for days or only hours.The rash is pink and may have small flat spots or raised bumps. These spots may have a lighter "halo" around them and may turn white if you press on them.The rash isn't itchy or uncomfortable, and contact with the rash itself doesn't spread the illness. It's usually seen on the trunk and neck, but it can extend to the arms, legs, and face.If your baby has roseola, he may also be irritable and tired and have mild diarrhea, a decreased appetite, and swollen eyelids. The lymph nodes in his neck and at the base of his skull may also be a bit enlarged. In general, children with roseola don't appear especially ill, considering how high their fevers get.About 10 to 15 percent of children with roseola have a febrile seizure. If this happens, your baby may become unconscious and jerk his arms, legs, or facial muscles for two or three minutes.
Sound like what he has had this week??? That's what the on-call nurse (yep, had to call them again) thought too.
For anyone that's keeping track, that's 1 infected circumcision, 1 hand, foot, and mouth, 1 seizure, and 1 roseola. Sigh. Go big or go home, right?
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