Friday, February 29, 2008

Yesterday morning our little Gracie woke up with a scary rash all over her body. I immediately snatched her up to take her to the doctor. Our doctor was not in but his nurse practitioner was. She pretty much informed me she didn't know what it was and gave me some instructions to give her a bath, don't feed her this and this and that, and don't dress her in clothes that she might be allergic. So, I brought my child home afraid to feed her anything or put any stitch of clothing on her little, red, blotchy, sad body. Ryan came home from work and we stressed all day long just watching her. She really looked pathetic. So, we decided to call our home teacher who is a pediatrician to help give her a blessing and give us some advice. He arrived and told us exactly what was going on. He said it was viral and it has been going around. Some kids won't get a rash but some kid's immune systems will react this way. He said the rash was impressive, but she should be better in 3-5 days. So that is the latest drama and hopefully the last for a long time.

2 comments:

Leah said...

MY POOR BOOBERS. SHE IS THE CLOSEST THING TO A CHILD THAT I HAVE AND IT HURTS MY HEART WHEN SHE IS NOT FEELING WELL. I AM GLAD THAT WE KNOW WHAT IT IS AND THAT SHE IS DOING BETTER. THANKS FOR LETTING ME PLAY MOMMY SOMETIMES IT HELPS NOT TO MISS MY BOYS AND HOME AS MUCH.

gigi said...

So sorry to hear about Gracie's health scare. I hate those helpless feelings that we have as parents sometimes. Good call though, great hometeacher!