This is supposedly what our little Emma has. Makes sense to me because the number 5 correlates with the number of explosive poops she has in an hour, it's the number of holes that her poop is coming out, and almost reaching a temperature of 105.
Our journey with this started on Sunday. It was going to be a beautiful day, and we were going to go to the zoo. When I went to get Emma up I knew the minute I saw her that she had a fever. I picked her up and she was burning hot! 104 was her temp. CRAP. I called the Dr., and they got her in that morning. Diagnosed with just a virus. She was checked for strep, checked for ear infections, etc. I brought her home and we just hung out all day. Daddy and Macie did some work in the yard. The explosive poops started, her temp. was still pretty high, and now she wouldn't eat or drink. Around 5:00 she was pretty bad so I called the on call Dr., and she told us to take her to the ER. Took her there, they did nothing for her. She slept pretty good, and finally started fussing around 7:30 the next morning. I went in to get her and she was covered in red splotches. Oh yeah, forgot to mention that I showed the ER doc a few little red dots by her armpits, and one on her back. He said "keep an eye on them".
I got her out of her crib and stripped her down. They were everywhere- her face, her arms, legs, back. Her temp was down, but I was still concerned. I called the Dr. again and they got her in for another appointment. When she saw her she said she needs to go back to the ER. They have one right next door to the office. So......took her next door to the ER. Long story short- they did nothing. They gave her benadryl to see if it was an allergic reaction to something, and gave her some tylenol. They observed her for about 3 hours, and sent us on our way with the "Fifth Disease" diagnosis. After reading up on it a bit, it makes sense.
It's very frustrating since it is a virus. We just have to give her Tylenol and Motrin for the pain and fever, and let this beast run it's course. She's barely eating, or drinking. When she does either it just goes right through her in a matter of minutes. The foulness that is coming from our adorable one year old is indescribable. We have been scrubbing and sanitizing our house constantly. This may be a job for Hazmat!
Poor thing!
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Thanks for the pictures and your story! I'm a mom from Portland Oregon and My daughter came down with the same rash and when I took her to the doctors yesterday they just said it was a viral rash. She goes to daycare so she's always exposed to stuff. I knew I didn't need to panic since it was just a rash and a cough and nothing more. The pictures helped me pin-point what viral rash it was. Thank you so much!
What a beautiful rash. :) My little man has a rash today. I remembered it from when my other children had it years ago, but your lovely pictures helped me to be sure. Thanks.
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