Fifth's Disease

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Early early on Sunday morning Parker woke up complaining of his tummy hurting. I took him to the bathroom and before I knew it, he was throwing up. My poor sweetie pie looked miserable and felt warm. So, we cleaned him up, gave him some tylenol and rocked in the recliner until he drifted back to sleep. He slept for several hours and was still warm and very tired the rest of the day. On Monday, he still had a fever and pretty much didn't move off the couch except to nap. And he wanted no part in food. This was totally not like our wild crazy boy. Even though his fever broke sometime between Monday night and Tuesday morning, we kept him home from preschool.

On Tuesday we noticed that his cheeks were remaining a rosy color, almost as if the were chapped. He still slept and/or lounged all day. By later afternoon his rosy cheeks turned bright red, as if they were burned. I put in a call to his pediatrician and scheduled an appointment for the next morning.

Our sweetie pie was still the most calm I had ever seen him on Wednesday morning, opting to cuddle and sleep the morning away. I goggled "bright red cheeks" and Fifth's Disease came up in the search results. It certainly fit his symptoms. So we headed on it to the doctor and it looks like goggle was right. It was Fifth's Disease alright. Fifth's Disease is a virus that can start with a fever and have symptoms of a cold. It then gives you bright red rash cheeks and the rash can spread to your arms and chest presenting as a lacy type of rash.

We kept Parker home for the rest of the week and he slowly gained his strength back. By Saturday, our wild and crazy kid was back. He still has a pink rash on his cheeks, but it looks a hundred times better than before.