Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Fifth's Disease


Have you ever heard of it? I had not until today. Yesterday, we noticed that Jared's cheeks were red and spotted, so we checked his back, arms and chest. He was covered in a rash of some kind. We were not sure what it was or if it is conageous. We took him to the doctor this morning. Turns out it is a virus kind of like rosiolla. It will come and go for about 3 weeks. It is not contageous now, however he was contageous about 3 or 4 days ago, before the rash broke out. He had no fever, itchiness or irritability. Great fun. Kiana and Andrew are now showing signs of the rash as well. 

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