We have been under voluntary quarantine since Tuesday afternoon last week when Graham broke out with a fever and rash. After a trip to see the pediatrician (where of course he no longer had a fever, but still a very obvious rash) we got a pithy diagnosis of
viral infection consisting of a rash and fever. Graham's fever came and went for another few days and then was gone. But the rash still remained. As he was on the mend, after showing no signs of illness for days, Gwen came down with a fever. She had a fever for a few days, then her rash developed. Like Graham's it started with 2 or 3 dots (his were on his face hers on her chest) and then slowly over a 24 hour period moved all the way to the tips of fingers and toes. I think they both were achy at some point, and had a headache (Gwen told me her eyes and hands hurt and Graham would put his hands up on either side of his head).When I called Kaiser's pediatric advice line after Gwen's fever peaked at 103.9 and Graham's fever returned, the pediatric advice nurse said
Roseola. I thought both of them had this before (fever followed by mild rash on torso), but this seems to be the real deal. The other thing it might be,
Fifths Disease. Either way, the kids have been miserable, and we missed our camping trip with our playgroup. Spencer and Gwen camped in the backyard Saturday night after roasting fake hot dogs and making smores around our 'campfire' (we even used our camping dishes and drank wine out of our camping mugs to keep it authentic). We have been pretty good about entertaining ourselves at home, but have missed a bunch of our scheduled activities. It has made me realize we can handle spending more time at home during the week. Gwen and Graham find each other thoroughly entertaining, which takes some pressure off Mama. In the meantime, looking forward to Gwen being spot free!
We have been under voluntary quarantine since Tuesday afternoon last week when Graham broke out with a fever and rash. After a trip to see the pediatrician (where of course he no longer had a fever, but still a very obvious rash) we got a pithy diagnosis of viral infection consisting of a rash and fever. Graham's fever came and went for another few days and then was gone. But the rash still remained. As he was on the mend, after showing no signs of illness for days, Gwen came down with a fever. She had a fever for a few days, then her rash developed. Like Graham's it started with 2 or 3 dots (his were on his face hers on her chest) and then slowly over a 24 hour period moved all the way to the tips of fingers and toes. I think they both were achy at some point, and had a headache (Gwen told me her eyes and hands hurt and Graham would put his hands up on either side of his head).When I called Kaiser's pediatric advice line after Gwen's fever peaked at 103.9 and Graham's fever returned, the pediatric advice nurse said Roseola. I thought both of them had this before (fever followed by mild rash on torso), but this seems to be the real deal. The other thing it might be, Fifths Disease. Either way, the kids have been miserable, and we missed our camping trip with our playgroup. Spencer and Gwen camped in the backyard Saturday night after roasting fake hot dogs and making smores around our 'campfire' (we even used our camping dishes and drank wine out of our camping mugs to keep it authentic). We have been pretty good about entertaining ourselves at home, but have missed a bunch of our scheduled activities. It has made me realize we can handle spending more time at home during the week. Gwen and Graham find each other thoroughly entertaining, which takes some pressure off Mama. In the meantime, looking forward to Gwen being spot free!
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