I just got up and went into Jordan’s room to wake him up. I just about froze like a popsicle. He had (brilliantly) opened his window last night and it was –
I’m not liking Jeriann. 41 degrees in not fantastic weather, it’s a horrible prediction of things to come, you know, like winter. At leat it warms up for the rest of the week.
I felt so bad for the budgies. They are under Jordan’s loft bed and off to the side of his window. I’m surprised I didn’t frozen birds this morning. 
Their cover probably kept them warm enough, but he has been told not to open his window when it’s getting this cold at night.
It’s finally starting to warm up in here after I piled on a sweatshirt, sweatpants, socks, and slippers.
On to Christiano being sick. Last night his fever dropped out of nowhere. LIke, one minute he was burning hot and the next his temp was normal and he was running around playing like he hadn’t just been sick since Wednesday night. After his bath, Pato and I noticed that there was a rash of little red spots all over his tummy. Turned him over, some on his back, a few on his legs, not much on his arms.
I was sitting there thinking, he had his MMR….didn’t he? Yeah, he had his MMR, it was at 12 months I think. He had his chicken pox vaccine at 15 months. What could this be?
Have you ever Googled measles? OMG. Nasty. The images. I just about lost my supper. Then I Googled chicken pox. I think people only put up absolutely extreme cases of things because I had the chicken pox, my brothers had the chicken pox, my sister had a nasty case of the chicken pox and none of us looked like those pictures.
I think he has roseola.
A child with roseola typically develops a mild upper respiratory illness, followed by a high fever (often over 103° F or 39.5° C) for up to a week. During this time, the child may appear fussy or irritable and may have a decreased appetite and swollen lymph nodes (glands) in the neck.
The high fever often ends abruptly, and at about the same time a pinkish-red flat or raised rash appears on the trunk and spreads over the body. The rash’s spots blanch (turn white) when you touch them, and individual spots may have a lighter "halo" around them. The rash usually spreads to the neck, face, arms, and legs.
That’s exactly what has happened. Plus, Jordan had it as a baby, if I stretch really far back into the deep recesses of my mind, it looked like what Christiano has. I remembered freaking out because of how high his temperature. I took him to the doctor and was doubting him when he said, he has roseola, watch for this, this, and this. I was amazed that everything happened exactly how he said it would, when he said it would.
I’m calling the doctor right now, but I’m pretty sure he’s going to tell me to just watch him if it’s roseola.
There’s nothing you can do for it and the fever is the part that is dangerous. It can cause febrile seizures.
We’re past that part now, thank goodness!
Here’s hoping Alyce doesn’t come down with it. It’s a childhood illness, I think Kat and Jordan are probably past catching it, but who knows about Alyce. I guess I’ll ask when they call me back.
I’m going to take the kids to school so Kat isn’t standing at the bus stop with wet hair.
Have a great day!
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