Lillian and her Roto-Virus

Last Friday we took Lillian's temperature, but while it was high it wasn't in the fever range so we let it go. She has popped two teeth lately and has been gnawing on things like crazy so I figured she was in an intense teething period.

On Sunday afternoon she had some bumps on her shoulders, but we had been outside so I rinsed her in the tub before bed thinking she was just irritated by something in the grass. But they were still there on Monday morning, not worse just still there. Was it irritation from our detergent? Then after Monday morning nap she was rash city all over her poor belly.

I called the doc and set up an appointment for that evening (at 6:40, ugh). She had also been messing with her head a lot and while I hadn't been worried about it before, now with the rash it took on a new dimension of concern. I took a quick video of it for the doc on our way there.

Apparently our little Lillian has Roto-Virus. It presents with 2-3 days of fever and 2-3 days of itchy rash. 95% of kids under 5 get it, so don't judge us too harshly. Now for the bad part - it comes from eating poop. *shudder* Apparently it is easily transmitted from poop to stick to mouth, or, more likely in our case,  from poop to floor/shoe to mouth - since Lillian loves licking shoes and never hesitates to lick an interesting colored/textured floor. *sigh*  Happily she will be fine completely on her own, no meds required, by the end of the week.

Here she is itching her head. Poor itchy baby. I wish I could think she learned her lesson.