a day in the life of a growing toddler

this has been a tiring week for our wee family.

the other day, lilah had two (2) bumps on the palm of her right hand. one looked a bit like a white-head (zit / spot), but both of them looked more like a spider-bite... or something. but then i noticed that if you pulled her fingers back away from the palm of her hand, there were all sorts of tiny, raised bumps under the skin. all over her palm. and it was the same on the other hand.

which made me not-so-quietly freak out.

the order in which the following occurred will follow:

1) consult out-of-date, but very reliable children's medical book for "rash," "hands," "raised bumps," only to come to the conclusion that lilah does not have purpura or the german measles

2) go online and discover that it is possible that lilah has an iron deficiency and we need to get her on supplements immediately

3) call the doctor and make the first available appointment, which isn't until the next day at 5pm

and although lilah said it didn't bother her and it didn't itch, the next morning i witnessed a rather vigorous scraping of the palm with her teeth after breakfast. so no, she wasn't hungry. and at that point, it did itch.

so we go to the doctor's office. lilah is a great patient. seriously. she's a rock star. but the Doc we get this time (there are 5 (i think) doctor's in our GP's office, and because it's the NHS, you get the pleasure of the draw whenever you need to make an appointment) is the one i hate.

but whatever. i tell him her symptoms. she obliges with getting her temperature taken, opening her mouth as wide as she can so he can look for mouth ulcers, and removing her tights so he can check the bottoms of her feet.

and it looks like she's got the Hand, Foot, and Mouth virus.

does this have any connection to Foot and Mouth, Doctor?

no. it is a relatively normal virus that occurs in small children in the summer months. he waves his hand to the window as if to indicate that the chilly, rainy scene outside is indicative of said 'summer.'

there isn't any need for antibiotics, because it should be gone within 3 - 5 days.

that was wednesday last week.

this evening (monday, 17 may, 2010) they finally started disappearing.

not before she probably gave them to Toddler Jack Hammond, though. (sorry guys)