Happy Eyes

“Happy the eyes that can close.” --from Cry the Beloved Country

Tuesday, September 2, 2008

Gross

It conjures up really nasty things in my mind, but now i totally understand why they call it "hand-foot-mouth." Bode's been complaining of a sore throat since Friday (when i picked him up from school on Weds i was told hand-foot-mouth was going around). I didn't think much of his sore throat. Didn't look too bad to me. He complained all through the weekend and came to our bed this morning crying. So i decided to take him in to the dr to rule out strep. When the doctor showed me his mouth! Holy! Blisters that hadn't been there the night before all over his tongue and back of his mouth. Poor baby. At the time we were in the office, he didn't have a rash on his hands or feet. The doc said he probably wouldn't get rashes there if he hadn't gotten them already with the mouth blisters. A blessing i thought. Not 5 minutes after we were in the car he started complaining about his feet. Then his hands. He's been understandably pathetic today and subsisting on Diego and chocolate milk. Gotta love school being back in session! And Kristen, be grateful we didn't get together today!

6 comments:

Cami said...

Oh, how sad!! No fun.

GreenStyleMom said...

Before I even got to the end of your post, I was already thinking, "well, I guess I'm glad we didn't get together today!" LOL Poor Bode. Is everyone else in the house destined to get it also? Hope it goes away quick. Try baking soda and water to make a little paste to put on the external sores. Worked wonders on my bee sting a few days ago.

Jared - Christina said...

Poor kid! Sounds horrible! Thank goodness for Diego and chocolate milk. Makes me nervous about Eli starting school next Monday. Not like he hasn't picked stuff up at the gym or Costco before.
Hope Bode feels better soon!

Jenni said...

Oh no that sounds awful! I hope he gets better soon!

Corinne said...

OH MAN. Seriously, HF and M STINKS!!

erin said...

i have no idea how we've managed to dodge this little lovely for so long. i swear, everyone around us has had over the past couple of years... tick...... tock....