My sweet little boy has had such a rough week. Last Tuesday it all started. He woke up several time throughout the night just crying. I couldn't do anything to get him to stop. Wednesday he cried almost nonstop all day. He had a low grade temp and just acted really uncomfortable. Pretty much the only thing that would get him calm was a Popsicle! I knew it was his teeth. He was trying to cut 3 molars and his bottom 2nd tooth on the right. So 4 teeth all at once!!!
It didn't stop there. Thursday morning he woke up and had small, un-raised red spots on the palms of his hands. Later I started noticing them on the bottom of his feet. The fever was completely gone by this point. He acted more like himself. But what are these spots. We kept a really close eye on him all day. I REFUSE to be one of those moms who takes there kid to the doctor for every little thing. So we agreed that if it started to spread, the fever came back, or he acted differently that we would call the doctor. He was fine all day.
Friday morning we woke up with huge blisters on his fingers. I thought he was having a reaction to ant bites because he played in the yard the night before. But then I saw that the spots had spread up his legs. So I called the doctor. Poor guy was diagnosed with Hand, Foot, Mouth disease. :/ We suspected it but I never knew it could blister like that! The doctor said that he was most prone to getting it most likely because of the teething stressing him out and affecting his immune systems. Blake and Hunter still play with him like crazy and neither have gotten it.
Today was the first day that the spots looked like they were starting to heal. But now the poor guy has the worst running nose EVER!!! I am wondering if the teeth are starting to move again. Only one of the molars and the bottom front tooth decided to actually pop out last week. So we may still be fighting those other 2 molars. :(
One up side, as much as I hate canceling plans, we now have some down days to let him recover. Maybe tomorrow I will finally scrub my toilets! ;)
2 side notes:
1. My wonderful other mother had a successful knee surgery today. We are wishing her the most speedy recovery!
2. I hate when Ben works nights!!!
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