The Sickness

While we were down in Delta last week, Faith was running a little temperature. She was warm, but never really hot. Anyway, after we came home, on Friday and Saturday she definitely had a fever. I took her temperature Saturday morning, and it was 103.2, and she was so crabby.

By Sunday morning, her fever was gone, but she had broken out in a nasty rash all over her torso and neck. Lovely. I called the doctor's office today just to ask if something is going around, and I ended up taking her in for just about the shortest visit ever. The nurse said we should make sure it isn't strep, since that can result in rheumatic fever.

Well, it isn't strep. It's roseola, also known as sixth disease. The doctor took all of two minutes to check her out and make the diagnosis. There's nothing you can do for it. It's just a common illness that most kids get when they're little. Once the rash shows up, it isn't contagious anymore. But while the fever is on, it's highly contagious. So I'm sorry, Mandi, Callie, and Nikki, if your kids get this. It could take a couple of weeks to show up.

You can't really see the redness in this photo, but it's the best I could get.