We've had a lot of excitement the last several days, both good & bad. The good is that we had a fun visit with all the cousins this past weekend & we'll make sure to write about that later once we find some good pictures to share with you all. The bad is that while Molly is on the mend, she hasn't been able to catch a break with being sick.
Started with a double ear infection..
Followed by three days of a high fever & then a nice rash on her face and torso... a.k.a. roseola
Followed by RSV (respiratory syncytial virus) that brought some sleepless nights because of persistent coughing & eventually wheezing and labored breathing. Fortunately, Molly's symptoms weren't as bad as some of the other children in her classroom but she still needed to use a nebulizer for a few days to help clear her lungs. Amazingly she sat pretty well for her treatments. We were supposed to just put the nebulizer up near her mouth to breath in but Molly didn't seem to mind it in her mouth, which was even better.
A day later, Molly seemed much better until she developed, yet another rash! This time it was on her cheeks, arms & legs. We're still not positive what this was from but our best self-diagnosed guesses are a reaction to the antibiotics she was on for the ear infection or fifth disease (another common viral rash).
Fortunately, the rash is starting to clear up and there's only the occasional cough. Molly's starting to seem like her old self & had definitely regained her appetite which is good. Hopefully another day or two and she'll be good as new & with a iron clad immune system!
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