This is our experience with this virus.

About two weeks ago Zack had an earache which because of all of his ear infections I thought he had another one and started him on antibiotics that we had on standby in the fridge because his earinfections have gotten very bad

 I was very worried and took him to the hospital in the early hours of the morning to have them check him out. I was told there that it was a viral infection and he would be fine. At this stage the only symptoms zack had was the temperature and the earache. He was eating, drinking, having wet and dirty nappies and he was up playing too.

after the third day his temperature went away and I thought great he is better and I thought it was all over until that is I chnged his nappy and noticed he had a bit of a rash. The rash spread very quickly, It was very red and it had bumpy areas that looked like he had been bitten in a thousand places by an insect. He was also very puffy around the eyes.  Another trip to the hospital and another send home saying he was fine it would go away. Well that night my little man was so itchy and he began to puff up even worse to the point where one of his eyes was almost closed I could do nothing more for him the doctor said he would be fine. It was a long hard night and thanks to some great minti friends we got through it and the next morning I took Zack to the chemist to get him something for the itch. The pharmisist gave us some Phernergan to give to him and it worked wonders he was able to sleep and he seemed alot more comfortable.

He still has a bit of the rash today but it is almost gone and he is sleeping better and is happier. This is  a common child hood virus apparently but almost none I have spoken to has heard of it. I wrote this in the hopes that some parents will be able to know how it went for us and maybe notice the signs so they don't panic to much.

All unknown rashes should be checked by  a doctor. It is always better to be safe than sorry

 Lexi xxx