Strep

Owen has Strep. 

I have to document it as it is his first real illness.  He's never needed an antibiotic outside of the hospital for cardiac related infections. 

It all started yesterday when he broke out in a weird red rash.  Looked like pin needle marks all over his body that were just slightly bumpy.  He was drinking a ton of water and said he felt "puky".  I figured he was refluxing a lot so he was thirsty and that the rash was detergent related.

I gave him a bath last night and he started shivering afterwards.  A slight fever, some tylenol and he was sound asleep by 7pm. 

This bring us to this morning when he woke up asking for ice water.  He then said "Mom.. I feel sick.. I need to go see Dr Robin."  I called at 7:45 to make the appointment and was told that she was booked up and wasn't seeing patients.  As soon as I told the nurse it was for Owen, we had a 9:30 appointment. 

Guess who finally hit the 34lb mark for weight??  I am so excited!!!  He is 34lbs and 40" tall!!

Back to the doc.  The nurse took one look at the rash and thought it looked like Strep. Really?  She did a throat culture which he hated and then she brought him a bouncy ball to make peace. 

Dr Robin came in and gave him the look down.  She said it's probably strep.  His hands, tongue, belly, back.. everything is covered in those red bumps.  I never thought to check his tongue?!

The strep test came back positive and we are sending it off to culture it as well.

Owen told Dr Robin.. "I have a rash all over my belly.. and my back.. and my neck.. I'm just sick."  He let her listen to him and check his ears.. he looks good otherwise. 

She mentioned that he needed medicine and he freaked thinking that meant a shot.  Then Dr Robin took him to the sticker stash.. not the basket that all the other kids pick from.  But the sticker stash of new stickers they get.  She found him a ton of new Captian America stickers and he suddenly felt better.

"Dr Robin.. I'm not sick anymore!  I'm all better.  Thank you!"