So Monday, I noticed an eczema-looking splotch on Noah’s thigh. This didn’t surprise me because just about everything makes his skin break out. I put some medicine on it at bedtime and didn’t think anything else about it.
Tuesday morning, we started noticing a few red dots on his face. I again assumed that his eczema was breaking out because he had been crying so much from his molars coming in and the lack of sleep the night before.
Tuesday evening when I got home from work, I checked on his thigh and this is what it looked like…
The red dots immediately concerned me. I sent this picture to my sister and she said it looked like hand, foot, mouth disease. That’s when I started investing his extremities.
Excuse the cookie remnants on his fingers! :)
He had a few spots on his feet and a HUGE ulcer on the tip of his tongue. It’s bigger than any I’ve ever gotten in my life!
I called the doctor this morning and they confirmed what I already knew. He has HFM. There is nothing you can do for it, you just have to let it runs it’s course. The nurse told me that they are contagious until 24-48 hours after they have the fever spike (Sunday) or if the blisters pop open. So he’s not contagious anymore, but it could take the dots 7-10 days to disappear. :(
We don’t know of anyone at church or at school that has HFM so I have no idea where he got it from. I just hope he didn’t pass it around in the church nursery on Sunday!
I could tell he felt a lot better this morning and the blisters seemed to already be fading. Hopefully he will get better soon (and out of our bed…). I hate seeing him so miserable.
2 comments:
Aww! Poor buddy! I have heard that is going around like crazy everywhere! Hope he feels better soon and you all get a break from illness and teeth soon :)
Carter had that last year and I actually caught it from him :( it was miserable!!!! Poor baby, hope he feels better soon.
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