I love my...

I love my .... Pediatrician! He's the greatest. He is so good with the kids. I love that he takes time with us and doesn't just run in, write a prescription and leave. Well, today, I had to take Kaylee in to see him. (see previous post) He came in, made Kaylee laugh for a few minutes, did the usual check up (eyes, ears, throat) and then looked at her "all over" skin rash. He then looks at me and says - Well, I've not seen a rash like this in a long time." I'm still not sure if I wanted to hear that or not! He then said to me "Her throat looks awesome, no redness or anything abnormal however, I'd like to swab it to do a culture test. If it comes back negative, you're on your own!" Kidding of course. Well, 10 minutes later, he came back in and said "You're not going to believe this but our little Kaylee (yes, he uses the word our) has Scarlet Fever." All I can think of in my head is that episode of Little House on the Prairie where Laura and her friend Alishia get "The Fever" and their stuck in this little cabin out in a pasture on their deathbeds to where absolutely no one can have any contact with them. Turns out THEY have poison Ivy. Of course, it's nothing like that at all now a days but still, my baby is ill. It boils down to this, the rash will be there for about a week and then, her skin may peel like she's got sunburn. Sounds painful but it's not. She'll be on antibiotics for 10 days and the rash should go away in about a week or so. Oh, and the BEST part....It's contagious. Jennah is most likely to get it as well since being sisters, they sometimes share things like drinking cups and the like. Sisters, no wonder they grow up not wanting to share!! Anyway, we'll watch out for Jennah - I'm already driving her crazy by checking her stomach and back for rash! Kaylee will just have to go with the flow and take her meds until she's well again! Here's a picture so you can see what it looks like.. It was the best picture I could find. This is NOT a picture of Kaylee - we all know she's not wearing big girl pants yet nor is she this big! I got this one off the internet as I didn't want to publish a pic of her without clothes on!