Poor Little Spotted Girl

This past Monday as we were eating supper, we noticed that Sarah had a rash all over her entire body. We freaked out at first thinking that it was a reaction to some insect bites that she had gotten on our trip. She didn't really seem to be bothered by it so we gave her some Benadryl and decided to see what it looked like in the morning. The next morning, the rash looked really bad and she was running 99.9 temperature. So I took her to the doctor only to be told that it was a rash caused by a virus. I was only told to give her Benadryl every 6 hours as needed.

The next morning, the rash had spread even further and looked absolutely terrible. Sarah was shivering and as she is eating her cereal at the table, her little hands are shaking. I took one of them and noticed that her fingers, from the upper joints to the tips, were blue tinged. I called Andy wondering if she was just really cold, but then I noticed that her hand and wrist looked blue also.

I called the doctor, threw some clothes on me and the girls, and raced back up to the office. On the way there, I'm crying thinking that she has caught Lyme disease or West Nile virus from Yellowstone bugs. Thankfully, the ruling still came back as being a viral rash. The doctor wasn't concerned about the insect bites at all. She said the blue on her fingertips was from her being cold. The doctor said this rash will cause the skin to look bruised when it's fading. So that's why her hand and wrist were blue. She said by the end of this, Sarah's entire body will look like one big bruise. I was cautiously relieved. I was relieved that it wasn't anything serious, but in the back of my mind, I'm praying they are right.

Sarah still has the rash today. It looks worse each morning and looks slightly better in the afternoon. She was scratching her arm so bad this morning, it started to bleed. I was told that it should be gone within a week. If it's not, then I'm supposed to call back up there. She doesn't really have any other symptoms at this point. Her fever never got above 99.9 and was normal today. She was acting clingy this morning and didn't eat much breakfast, but seems to be fine right now. She is supposed to be contagious until the rash goes away. I keep hoping she will wake up one morning and it will be completely gone.



As soon as the rash clears up, I will schedule her 18 month pictures, 18 month well check, and get a new picture and background for July on this blog. :)