Ainsley has this bizarre rash on her neck, back, and front. At first it looks like a heat rash, but it only got worse. I made her an appointment two days ago thinking that she has had this rash for almost a week so I am sure that it will still be there when we arrive on Friday to the doctor. Wrong. It started looking better yesterday and although you could still see it today it was well on the way to getting better. So we went to the doctor anyway (because I will still get charged if I cancel) and officially she has staff folliculitis. For my puddles who have had every weird rash known to mankind, this is a new one. We don’t have to do anything for it today, but now we know what to do the next time it shows up. Because potentially it could show up again. I swear my children are trying out every disease, virus, infection, etc. so that I can become a walking rash detector for my friends. “No. That’s not chicken pox. We had that last year and it looked completely different. Chicken pox looks like a dew drop on a rose.” “Yes. That looks like Hand, Foot, and Mouth disease. Madie had that when she was little and it looked just like that. You should really see a doctor.” Madie even caught a viral rash one year in Nebraska that none of the doctor’s could figure out. They finally took a sharpie and started marking it. I remember them saying that if the rash got past a certain point we would do something else(not sure what that meant). But luckily it stopped spreading before it go to that point. Thank goodness for our local pediatrician office and their patience with my children and their diseases. They never overreact and can always come up with a name for what they have.
So we have name for Ainsley’s rash and another medicine for Ben to take (for a cough he just can’t shake). All in time for VBS on Sunday. Hopefully they won’t pick up another weird disease next week!
