Jack broke out into crazy rash today. That is my official diagnosis. The doctors could not determine what kind of rash it was so I helped them by making the diagnosis for them.
He was examined by a medical student, a resident, and the attending. The medical student checked Jack's ears with the otoscope 5 inches from his head. I'm no medical student, but I am pretty sure you need to be close to the ear to look INSIDE the ear. He also asked Jack to take a deep breath. I laughed and told the medical student that Jack did not know what it meant to take a deep breath. It reminded me of the time Jack was 4 months old and they told him to stand on the scale and hold onto the bar so they could get an accurate weight. Ummm....he can't stand.
It was not very nice to laugh at the medical student, I regret it....a little. If you call to have an appointment the same day then you have to see at least the med student and the resident, and if they don't know what's wrong with you then you see the attending. I think it is to discourage patients from ever getting sick.
I was convinced it was the start of chicken pox and the med student agreed with me. The other doctors told me it was NOT chicken pox. That does not reflect well on the med student, or me, at least I knew about the otoscope.
Crazy rash has been spreading like crazy since last night, which is how the disease's name originated. I made Jack sit next to me with no clothes watching cartoons so I could observe the rash spread.
The doctors claim it's a virus and the rash could get worse, turn purple, spread over his entire body and then go away in a week.
Happy Valentine's Day!
2 comments:
What a cute picture of Lilly, and what sad pictures of Jack! Crazy rash, indeed.
It looks like roseola to me. I'm not a doctor, but my husband is and Chloe had that when she was that age. (That makes me smarter than a med student.)
Jeff just said that when you're a kid, anything that gives you a fever can give you a rash. Wha?
Hope your handsome boy gets well soon!
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