Well the reason I had to go to the doctor today was because Isabelle woke up with a fever in the middle of the night. At the doctors she was diagnosed with HFMD.
Not to be confused with Foot and Mouth disease that cattle get, HFMD is an intestinal virus from the PICORNAVIRIDAE family. It usually affects infants and children, and is quite common. It is moderately contagious and spread through direct contact with the mucus, saliva, or feces of an infected person. It typically occurs in small epidemics in nursery schools or kindergartens, usually during the summer and autumn months. The usual incubation period is 3–7 days.
The name is pretty scary, but in reality it's no worse than any other viral infection. There really is no cure for it and you have to sit it out.
The list of symptoms can vary fro child to child, the most common ones (and the ones Isabelle has today) are fever, sore throat/cough, fatigue, oral ulcers and sores on the hands and feet. It sounds so much worse than it really is. For now the back of her throat is very red with what look like the start of little blisters and the palms of her hands and soles of her feet have a mild rash. She's grumpy and irritable and sleepy. This is day 1 and it could be worse on days 2 and 3 but we are crossing our fingers it's not too awful for her.
Panadol controls the fever and any pain from the sore throat and cough medicine is helping her cough. Aside from that just lots of TLC and Peppa Pig are all we can do.
She needs to stay home and away from other kids for a good week and we have to be extra careful with hygiene around Sebastien.
Not a good day today
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