Roseola

Dane was scheduled to have his second surgery (and hopefully, final) on Wednesday last week. We drove down to Children's Memorial that morning only to be sent home on finding out that he had a fever of 102. He'd seemed fine the previous days, so we were shocked. Once we got home, we headed over to the pediatrician, who took a look at him and sent us to urgent care for chest x-rays! This was not how we were picturing the day going! He ended up having clear x-rays, but was still very out of it. Listless, whiny, very tired...it just wasn't our usual Dane! The next couple days, he kept up a fever of around 104 to 105, which was scary. We also took a look at his top gums, and lo and behold!, a tooth was also starting to pop out. Finally on day three, his temp was gone as quickly as it had shown up, but in it's place was a nasty rash. And now we knew what had caused the temp. Roseola is a super common infant/toddler virus that causes very high temps for a couple days and then a rash, which lasts for up to 48 hours. Since it can only be diagnosed once the rash shows up, toddlers often spread it before they know they have it. He must have picked it up at the gym's childcare! Finally, though, our little guy is back to his happy, perky self, with one new tooth and no worse for the wear. We were also able to reschedule his surgery for the 2nd of June, which will make our moving month very cramped. But then, we'll be moved, Dane will be done with surgeries and Mark will be done with nightshift and we can just focus on getting to full term with Dos. Dane will have a new little sis to share his bright perspective with!