Roseola

We had quite a scare this weekend! Poor Nora came down with a sudden fever on Saturday that spiked to 103. She didn't seem to have any other symptoms but after several doses of tylenol and Ibuprofen, her fever was still pretty high- it came down slightly to 101. We were worried so took her to Urgent Care first thing on Sunday morning. After ruling out an ear infection, lung infection and UTI, they sent us home with a "we think it's Roseola or Scarlet Fever." Not all that reassuring, but they assured us that it was likely Roseola which is very common in children (90% of kids under 2 years get it).

True to the nickname of Roseola (aka 3 Day Fever), Nora woke up on on the 4th day (yesterday) with no more fever! She's seems much better now - eating and drinking a bit more and back to being smiley, but the skin rash that's associated with the infection appeared today. Very scary looking! She has it all over her trunk and it creeps up into her neck. Her face even looks a bit blotchy. The doc said it shouldn't bother her and there's no medicine for it so we just need to watch it for a few more days and wait this out. Poor little lamb!