Roseola Infantum

Last Wednesday night I thought Jax felt warm as I was reading to him before he went to bed. Then on Thursday and Friday he ran a fever ranging from 101 to 103. He didn't have any other sick symptoms - no cough, runny nose, etc. I had a sore throat myself and just assumed we were both getting colds. Well, his fever broke sometime Friday night, but then on Saturday he started getting a rash, mainly on his torso, neck, and the lower part of his face. My first thought was I've eaten something or he has that has really set off his eczema (I hope to post about this soon - Jax has suspected allergies to milk and eggs.)

On Friday during the period of high fever, I was looking on the internet trying to find out when I should call/go see the Dr. if at all. It seems like we are always sick over the weekend and I wanted to go in Friday as opposed to making a trip to urgent care that weekend. Well, I found somewhere that I should call if his temp was around 104. I decided not to call and just see how it went. T and I agreed that the Dr. was probably not going to give him anything since he didn't seem to have other symptoms so why go in just for him to tell us, give him rest and lots of fluids.

On Sunday, the rash seemed more pronounced and the same on Monday. I remembered seeing something while I was looking on Friday about high fever and rash. Sure enough, there is a a viral infection called Roseola Infantum, also known as Sixth Disease, which is characterized by a high fever and a rash that develops after the fever has subsided. Turns out this is a common illness for children between the ages of 6 months and 2 years. It's usually not serious in most cases but the fast rising fever can trigger seizures. So apparently, we lucked out on that because I would have lost my shit if Jax would have started seizing. Below is a picture of what his belly looked like yesterday. The rash is starting to go away and he looks much better this morning.