Roseola?!

Poor Hailey baby! After a week of having her "cold" that included a cough, runny nose, a little diarrhea, and a few bouts of fever I awoke this morning to find her seemingly normal again! She was a little on the cranky side, but I figured it was just the tail end of her cold -- so we were up bright and early in attempts to get out the door and to our much anticipated playgroup book exchange. She was totally fine when I was getting her dressed and then about 45 minutes later when I was loading her into her new car seat (I'll blog about it tomorrow -- very exciting), anyhow while loading her up I noticed a rash on her neck, behind her ears and across her forehead. Upon a quick investigation I found it all the way down her back; yucky, blotchy red rash. I may have panicked a little (I'm a great nurse when it's not MY child involved, totally cool headed, but when it comes to Hailey you'd never believe I was indeed a nurse!!)
We ran inside and called the pediatricians office and got an appointment for 1pm. Meanwhile I watched her like a hawk. She was a little fussy but otherwise pretty normal.
So, we went to the doctor, and found out she has Roseola, apparently it's quite common in children under the age of 2. The upside of Roseola is that the rash signifies the end of the illness, the down side is that my poor little baby has been battling this virus for atleast a week now and I just thought she had a cold like the rest of us!! Ohwell, I guess it can be considered a milestone in her development since it's thought that around 95% of people are infected sometime before they turn 2, and rarely ever have the illness again! Goodbye Roseola, bring on the Chicken Pox (JUST KIDDING!!!) -- let's hope that's a long ways off, and that we can all stay germ free for our Christmas ski trip!!