But seriously. Sometimes there is just a little more to say than social media allows. Sometimes the regular audience of close friends is just not big enough... and SOMETIMES you need more prayers than your capable of alone . SO let me try to make this quick ... I'm aways good at that ;)
Two weekends ago I decided last minute to take the boys out to California to visit Daddy while he had some work out there. Normally it's not a big deal when he is gone but because he will be spending the rest of September away , and the drive is easy/ hotel was free we decided to go for it. Very thankful we did because it was an awesome weekend full of fun together and also visiting friends. The hotel near Anaheim was awesome, so was the pool. My little fish children didn't last 5 minutes out of the car before swim suits were on ready to go. The pool was heated ( super necessary for those cold California summers) and the hot tub was a decent temperature well below 100 degrees. The night before we left I made the decision of letting the kids hop in the hot tub for a minute before heading up to the room, only because the water was the same temperature of the bath. Totally disregarding my known knowledge of what a BAD idea it was. But what harm could a luke warm mini pool for a minute really do ?
Fast forward the this past weekend. Saturday Mr. Kaners wasn't feeling too well before bed with a temperature and what looked like a bad eczema flair up. One of my best friends whom we see once MAYBE twice a year was coming to visit the next day with her one year old, so I was definitely praying and hoping that it would be fine in the morning. It seemed like he was, temperature was gone mood normal . The eczema was still pretty bad but nothing shocking , so we continued on with the plans of the day including church in the morning and picking up our visitors in the afternoon. That night we could tell something was wrong again. It looked like he had been bitten by about 50 ants or spiders, blisters just covered his feet/legs/hands/arms. Luckily, looking back, we gave him an oatmeal bath in a separate tub from the other kids to try and ease whatever was going on.
We excluded him from all the plans Monday realizing he shouldn't be around other kids and could just stay home and rest with Dad , thankful it was a holiday Dad actually WAS home. His mood was back to normal but the blisters were now spreading to his mouth area, really not improving at all. Tuesday morning he saw his doctor immediately after I called and said it looked like his eczema was infected . The first thing she asked was " Has he been in any public pools, or hot tubs recently? " Ohhh man. Trying to not embarrass myself and poor judgement I informed her that he had been in a heated hotel pool the weekend before. After an initial shock at the condition of his whole body and a couple swabs and throat check , she confirmed he had contracted coxsackievirus most likely from that pool- it has up to 7 day incubation period. That virus lead to hand,foot,mouth disease which was then infected somehow in the process. Because it is a virus there is nothing we can do beside keep him away from others for a week and go on a strong antibiotic to at least kill the infection... the sores will go away on their own in time. Luckily his brother didn't contract it, most likely because he didn't have any open wounds in the pool where Kane did have a small patch on his foot of exposed eczema.
So now we have a very energetic and HAPPY fever-less 2.5 year old that is completely covered in red blisters like nothing I have seen before. We are basically quarantined for a week- no playdates, no ymca, no church, no grocery shopping ,etc. RIGHT in time for Daddy to be leaving for the month of course.
THREE reasons I felt like you needed to hear this:
1- Remember to always trust your better judgement
2- Know the signs and symptoms of this awful nasty disease that can be very contagious through bodily fluids. Wash your hands!
3- Asking for prayers to get through this week. Kane is feeling fine but these blisters are not making progress. I will spare you your lunch by not sharing pictures, but it's so bad that his one foot has hardly any visible un-blistered skin. And it has now nearly everywhere . My hope now is as little long term scaring as possible.
The Bible tells us in Matthew chapter 8 about Jesus healing Lepers. No , Mr. Kaner's may not have Leprosy, but who better to ask for help and healing than Jesus who healed LEPERS ? God is all healing and merciful, which gives me hope for this coming week.
Thank you friends for your thoughts and prayers of healing for our sweet little guy <3
So now we have a very energetic and HAPPY fever-less 2.5 year old that is completely covered in red blisters like nothing I have seen before. We are basically quarantined for a week- no playdates, no ymca, no church, no grocery shopping ,etc. RIGHT in time for Daddy to be leaving for the month of course.
THREE reasons I felt like you needed to hear this:
1- Remember to always trust your better judgement
2- Know the signs and symptoms of this awful nasty disease that can be very contagious through bodily fluids. Wash your hands!
3- Asking for prayers to get through this week. Kane is feeling fine but these blisters are not making progress. I will spare you your lunch by not sharing pictures, but it's so bad that his one foot has hardly any visible un-blistered skin. And it has now nearly everywhere . My hope now is as little long term scaring as possible.
The Bible tells us in Matthew chapter 8 about Jesus healing Lepers. No , Mr. Kaner's may not have Leprosy, but who better to ask for help and healing than Jesus who healed LEPERS ? God is all healing and merciful, which gives me hope for this coming week.
Thank you friends for your thoughts and prayers of healing for our sweet little guy <3
