First Call From School...



Well, we had Jack's first call from school today - I saw the number on my phone and my heartrate sped up a bit... Miss Nora wanted to let us know that Jack had a little bit of a rash on his belly and arms. She told me not to worry, he was still smiling away, eating and acting like himself. I had changed him just before bringing him in at 7:30am and she called me at 9:30am, so that rash worked quickly! I called the doctor who suggested I bring him in just to be sure. Jack was smiling away in the waiting room...

When we went in to the exam room and got him undressed he started to get a little more concerned about where he was & why!  (Plus it was nap time and he was over tired.)  The nurse weighed him in at 15lbs 7oz (an increase of 7oz from just about 2 weeks ago!)  His temperature was normal, no fever and everything else seemed fine, so we waited for the doctor...

His rash didn't have any raised bumps, but looked worrisome enough... the doctor tried looking in his mouth various times but Jack was having none of that.  He was a happy easy going boy until she put that tongue depressor in his mouth, then he became all business with a super serious face telling her - no way are you shining that light in my mouth.  Eventually the doctor and I were able to hold his arms aside, pry open his mouth and revealed that his throat was a little red.  She said it was likely a viral infection/rash and nothing we could do but let it work its way out of his body.    He was cleared to go back to school and Mommy was cleared to go back to work and not worry too much (though we always worry).  I called school to check on him a few hours later and they said he was doing great, napped, ate, played - his usual day.  He was happy as could be when I picked him up and the rash seems to have disappeared on most places.  Hopefully we don't get another call from school for a long time :)  Neither Daddy nor I like hearing that something out of the norm is going on with our little man...