This is Alpha, the first-born, when he was 2YO.
This is Beta, the second-born, when he was about 2YO.
This is Gamma, the third-born, when he was about 18MO.
Not So Rosey
Jan
11
2010
And now it is Gamma’s turn.
It is appointed to our children once to contract roseola, and after that the judgment umm… not to get it anymore.
When Alpha was 15 months old, he got roseola. I had never heard of roseola before, but by now I am quite familiar with it. It started off as a FOUO (fever of unknown origin), and then once the fever had gone and we thought everything was fine, the body-wide rash appeared.
Alpha
So, I learned all about roseola and it passed and was never a problem for Alpha anymore.
Then when Beta was 17 months old, he got roseola. Well, we didn’t know it at the time. We just knew he had a fever. It was very high, over 105, and it wasn’t coming down so we took him to the ER. Beta always did run warmer than the other children, so we should expect his fevers to be higher too.
The hospital gave him an IV and some over-the-counter fever reducer and ran a blood test. The fever came down eventually and the blood test did not show anything. The hospital didn’t know what else to do, so they gave him a course of antibiotics (through the IV – much more efficient, though of course totally useless against the virus that he had) and sent us on our way. We should have known what was coming, but we were surprised a couple days later when spots appeared all over his body.
Beta
Gamma has them both beat. He’s not even a year old and he already contracted roseola. His fever was slight, only 101. It’s hard to pinpoint when or how or where he picked up the virus, since the incubation period is over a week. But slightly over a week ago he, along with his brothers and mother, swam in a hotel pool. Coincidence? You be the judge.
Gamma
We’ll see if Gamma is ahead of the curve in his other developments too. Maybe we should add roseola to the list of developmental milestones. It would fit right in there with when your baby should get teeth, start walking, say his first word, etc.
The priest shall look at him on the seventh day, and if in his eyes the infection has not changed and the infection has not spread on the skin, then the priest shall isolate him for seven more days.
Leviticus 13:5
This little article thingy was written by Some Guy sometime around 12:09 am and has been carefully placed in the Family category.
January 11th, 2010 at 9:21 am
Poor baby! At least he’ll have this done and out of the way!
December 14th, 2010 at 4:25 pm
I was checking Google for pictures of our baby-Eight’s suspicious rash, and when up popped “Alpha” I knew I had read about this earlier. Thanks for preparing me, and helping me chill out too.
December 14th, 2010 at 10:18 pm
If it is roseola, then it shouldn’t be too painful. It just looks bad.
I hope your baby gets well soon.
November 5th, 2012 at 6:29 am
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