HFMD

I wasn't going to blog anymore tonight, but kids are sweet dreaming and Ryan is gone... so why not. ;)
The day is coming to a close and our night turned out to be an unexpected one. Maddie has been Mom diagnosed with Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease(a viral infection). She had been complaining of a sore throat, thought she bit her tongue 'a couple of times' (I was thinking- who does that a couple of times? Ouch), and then this morning said it hurt to swallow. So I hauled out my flashlight looking for white spots and swollen tonsils... nope. Didn't see anything and no fever. Today, she got off the bus and packed her bags for her much anticipated sleepover at a friend's house. She couldn't wait. As I dropped her off, chatted a minute, (checked out the hermit crab), and was leaving -Maddie chimed in with 'Mom, look at these bumps on my foot and my hands'. *sigh.
So it all comes together and long story short- HFMD. Poor girl. She was so upset that she couldn't stay and just didn't understand the dynamics of 'you are highly contagious!' So we rented a few movies and I picked her up her favorite orange creme popsicles, a bottle of Motrin and called it a night!

I talked with a few friends and have heard that it is actually going around right now. Apparently there was a sign up at nursery last week that I missed (not that it would have necessarily directly affected Maddie, but still!) and friends' of ours little ones had it last week too, and so on, and so on.

Quality tip- wash those hands!

Night!

** Mayci now has 'owies' too. They look like tiny blisters/bumps on her hands/feet. Good thing is that she doesn't seem too bothered by them. I'm almost just glad they have it at the same time and will hopefully be gone after this weekend!