Roseola :(

Sophie has roseola. Poor girl.

After four days of high fever and diarrhea, we were so hopeful when it finally broke today. Then this evening during bath time, the rosie rash rapidly appeared covering her entire back. I knew this was the progression of roseola, though I knew nothing else about the virus. So after she was safely tucked in bed, I ran to the computer in a panic, unsure of the severity of her ailment.


To my relief, it sounds like a fairly common, mild virus for 6 month-24 month-olds. The most common age to get it is around 9 months (right on track). It said the fever usually last for 3-5 days, then 12-24 hours after the fever breaks, a rash rapidly appears. The rash lasts for 1-2 days. Then it will clear itself up. Most cases resolve themselves without treatment. Phew. If anyone else has any knowledge of the sickness (Hannah? Abby? Megan?) and wants to add, please do!

I don't like watching my child endure sickness. I hope she feels better soon. Poor baby.

I hope and pray that she did not spread it to any of you. It is not a very contagious virus, but is spread through saliva. I know she has been passing out lots of kisses. It takes 9-10 days to show up. I am really sorry to anyone who might get a fever in a few days...

Sick Day

Yesterday afternoon, Sophia started coughing. It was nothing too serious, but it was obvious a cold was brewing. Last night, when we were getting ready for bed, she got very congested. Her coughing got much worse, and before long it got so bad that she threw up. This was no normal baby spit-up. It was throw up. She was exhausted and went to sleep by 9:30. An hour later, she started to stir, so I went in to check on her. She felt like a furnance. I stripped off her blanket sleeper, and rushed her into a cooler room (hers is heated warmer than the rest of the house). I took her temp and it was 101.9! I scurried around the house looking for the infant tylenol, and of course, couldn't find it. So Jared threw his pants on and rushed to the store. By the time he returned, her fever was down to 100.7. An hour later, the fever was gone, and she was out cold. This morning, a little fever returned of 99.5, and she is still coughing and congested.

I have been feeling very crampy and nauseous today, so we are having a sick day together on the couch, cuddled up with with pillows and blankets.

Sicky Icky Poo Poo

Sophia and I were visited by the sicky icky poo poo monster this week. Sophie was only sick for about 2 days, during which neither of us got any sleep. That's when I got the nasty bug. I had an extremely sore throat, got congested and lost my voice for 3 days. Baby and mommy being sick at the same time is NO FUN AT ALL. My sister Anna came over for 2 nights to help out. Between Jared and Anna taking turns watching Soph, I was able to sleep through the night for two nights in a row! It was amazing. I was hoping that would chase away the icks, but this is one stubborn bug. I am still coughing and congested. Sophia is doing much better, except that she is still not sleeping real well.