As i mentioned in the previous post, Bode had hand/foot/mouth. I figure he was exposed on Mon or Weds last week at school and in hindsight he started complaining about a sore throat on Thurs night/Fri morning. I didn't realize he was sick until Monday morning when the blisters appeared. So we played with friends all weekend long (Zeke was in town and it was a PAR-TAY!). We went to church (and Mean Mom forced B to go to Sunbeams even though he was really resistent. If he weren't ALWAYS resistent i might have clued into the fact that he didn't feel good). BUT I think he got a weak version or his immune system is pretty good and fought it off quickly. It wasn't nearly as bad as i was expecting. His mouth blisters were only a problem for maybe a day and the rash on his hands and feet cleared up quickly. I thought we were in the clear. So Bode has been back to school (the source of the infection. I'm sure there were worse things floating around than what he had to offer). And yesterday, since Keegen hadn't gotten it, i really figured we were safe. We had a friend over in the morning and a friend over in the afternoon.
Here's the thing. I'm usually super-cautious about our germs. I'm not interested in anyone bringing sick kids to my house and i don't want my sick kids spreading their disease-du-jour. I'm also very much into full disclosure. I let moms know if we've had anything and let them decide based on their own comfort levels. Not so much yesterday. I don't know if i just really needed a break or my own brain cells are completely on the fritz (no doubt), but i didn't even think to mention the fact that we'd had h/f/m. I just said, "COME ON OVER before i yell at my kids more than i already am!"
This morning Keegen woke up crying. Not normal. Yup. He woke up this morning with blisters all around his mouth. Miserable miserable miserable.
I talked to both moms and apologized. It would be one thing if just, WHAM!, we suddenly had this virus and had passed it around unknowingly (like we did to Zeke). Oh well. C'est la vie, non? (what's with all the French?) Thankfully both moms were cool about it (i mean really, what else can you do than be cool about it and then get on the phone to your sister/neighbor/best friend and bitch about it?!). Hopefully their kids won't get it. Be tough, little immune systems! Be tough!
Here's the thing. I'm usually super-cautious about our germs. I'm not interested in anyone bringing sick kids to my house and i don't want my sick kids spreading their disease-du-jour. I'm also very much into full disclosure. I let moms know if we've had anything and let them decide based on their own comfort levels. Not so much yesterday. I don't know if i just really needed a break or my own brain cells are completely on the fritz (no doubt), but i didn't even think to mention the fact that we'd had h/f/m. I just said, "COME ON OVER before i yell at my kids more than i already am!"
This morning Keegen woke up crying. Not normal. Yup. He woke up this morning with blisters all around his mouth. Miserable miserable miserable.
I talked to both moms and apologized. It would be one thing if just, WHAM!, we suddenly had this virus and had passed it around unknowingly (like we did to Zeke). Oh well. C'est la vie, non? (what's with all the French?) Thankfully both moms were cool about it (i mean really, what else can you do than be cool about it and then get on the phone to your sister/neighbor/best friend and bitch about it?!). Hopefully their kids won't get it. Be tough, little immune systems! Be tough!
3 comments:
I'm sorry Keegen got sick too!! Hope he gets better as quickly as Bode did! And don't feel bad about the playdates at all! There is always something going around our house and it's so hard to know when to tell everyone - especially in the winter, I don't think we'd ever have playdates if it required everyone to be totally germ free.:)
Bummer! Sorry to hear you aren't in the clear yet. I typically try to do the same thing you do but then again, your kids can get ANYTHING from ANYWHERE! Really is sharing the love. :) I'm not looking forward to the winter when every kind of germ is passed around. I say this as Leah was up all night last night with a monster fever that wouldn't break and Eli is laying half comatos on the couch after his first does of Tylenol. Hope he's better for his first day of school on Monday! Wish you were here and we could have sickos together. :)
Yes, BE TOUGH little immune systems! I figure it's inevitable. I try to keep away from sickies, and keep my sickies away, unless it's just inevitable. We go right ahead with playdates with the Edwards, because they might as well be siblings. Sorry about the continuing spread. I hope everyone is better very soon.
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