Roseola

Piper had been unusually whiny several days this week.  I chalked it up to the "terrible twos" and was keeping an eye out for her two year molars to appear to explain her behavior.  On Tuesday, her teacher called from preschool to tell me she had spiked a fever of 103.  That's not messing around!  I came and got her, of course, and brought her home to rest.  She was definitely more "sensitive" (that's what her teacher said--I think that's a nice way of saying "whiny"), but she would not tell me if she hurt anywhere. And then as quick as it came, her fever was gone by the time she woke up on Wednesday morning.  I just wrote it off as some quirky virus, but I was intrigued by her sudden, high fever.  On Thursday night, I noticed a fine rash all over her stomach, back, and neck.  By Friday morning, it had crept up her face.  It wasn't bothering her at all, but I decided to take her to the doctor anyway since it was moving around her body and because it was the end of the week.  He diagnosed her with roseola, a fast-moving virus common among small children that begins with a high fever and ends with a harmless rash.  It still seems strange to me, but at least we got an answer!  He also checked her ears just because we were there, and apparently she has a nasty ear infection.  She has yet to complain that her ear hurts, and the doctor can't believe she hasn't noticed it!

If you look closely, you can see her rash.

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