August 9, 2004

August 9, 2004


On Friday, you developed a weird rash. It started out looking like little pimples all over your legs and arms. So I took you to the Doctor's office, but Dr. VanZee wasn't there so we had to see this older Doctor. He proclaimed they were mite bites. So of course, I freak out thinking there are mites in your crib!! I washed and vacuumed everything in your room. Fast forward to Saturday. Now the "bites" are large circular red raised areas over your arms and legs. I'm thinking these are NOT! mite bites. The weird thing though, you don't seem to be bothered by it at all. Not a bit. You don't itch or anything. You don't seem sick in anyway. So today I took you back to the Doctor's office, and we got in to see Dr. VanZee. He took one look at that and said, "Oh, that's Erythema Multiforme." Dang, I wish
we would have seen him Friday, so I didn't have to panic about mites. He said Erythema Multiforme is a rash that some people develop after being exposed to a virus. He said you will probably have a reoccurrence other times in your life, but that it rarely extends past childhood. At least now I know what I'm looking for and what it is, and that it's not mites. Here's the pics I took of you, for future reference. From start to finish, the rash only lasted 3-4 days, but I felt pretty strange taking you out in public. I got some stares from people in Meijer, like you were going to infect them or something. It's not contagiouse by the way.