After all of this back and fourth, I’ve taken three calls from my doctor as results have rolled in, and we have our answer.
This morning, she called and asked how Rowan’s skin was doing. She said if his rash was worsening, she wanted to try to get him in with a dermatologist today or tomorrow. She was very happy to hear that both of his rashes are healing well, and that we appear to be out of the woods on that one. She also informed me that Laela’s throat swab from Sunday night for strep was negative, like we thought.
Later in the afternoon, she called to tell us that she had learned that Rowan’s rash was in fact not chickenpox after all! We both agreed that it was great news, because we wouldn’t have to worry about Solly catching them so young, but it was also frustrating to still not know what this rash was!
This evening, I received a third call from Dr. Guselle saying she actually received another result that we weren’t expecting! I guess Rowan’s swab was tested for a small handful of things, and it was in fact positive for hand foot and mouth. After all of this, he just had a super strangely presenting case of what we originally thought!
So while HFM is still quite contagious and we’ll hole up for a while, its not as big of a deal as we thought. If Solly gets it, we’ll just work hard to keep him comfy and make sure he still drinks. Same goes for Laela. Dekker actually woke up with spots on the palms of his hands and the soles of his feet, so I’m pretty sure he has it. I’ve been very feverish and shivery and weak and achy all day, and as I sit here typing this post out, I feel sores on my tongue and in my throat :/ Merp.
This has been quite a week! Thank you, guys, for caring about our family and following whats been going on. Hopefully soon, we’ll all be well and can be at least somewhat interesting again! Doing our best over here!