I chatted with my mom yesterday morning, to tell her that I was planning to take Alex in to the doctor yesterday. He’d had a fever for 3-4 days straight, and I was getting tired of it. <\/p>\n
Me: So I’d like him to check Alex’s ears, just to be sure it isn’t related to that, and then ask about the fever.
Mom: You know, there’s this virus called Roseola that Chris (my brother) used to get when he was about Alex’s age.
Me: Really?
Mom: Yeah. They get this fever for 4-5 days and then the fever breaks and they get a rash, but once the rash comes, the virus is basically done.
Me: Oh…maybe that’s what it is.<\/p>\n
It was an interesting trek to the pediatrician’s office yesterday in the snow storm, and a pretty long wait in the waiting room (we’d arrived early because they said we could, but we didn’t actually get in any earlier. Oh well). But we did finally determine that Alex’s ears are totally clear again. Thankfully. We also asked him about the 4-day fever he’d had.<\/p>\n
Me: So he’s had this fever, like 101 or 102, for 4 days. But no other symptoms.
Dr.: Nothing else at all?
Me: Nope.
Dr.: (after some other questions) Well, there is this thing called Roseola…<\/p>\n
He then explained it, just like my mom had. I guess I should’ve paid my mom $20 for a co-pay instead of him! <\/p>\n
Anyway, the fever seems to be gone today, though I haven’t seen the red bumps of Roseola yet. I’ll just be glad if my jolly guy is really back for a while now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I chatted with my mom yesterday morning, to tell her that I was planning to take Alex in to the doctor yesterday. He’d had a fever for 3-4 days straight, and I was getting tired of it. Me: So I’d … Continue reading