Coxsackievirus

On Sunday Allison started acting a little under the weather, that night she started a fever and just seemed like she wasn't feeling too well. She is normally a really happy baby so when she started to whine a lot we knew she had something more going on then just a little cold. That night she woke up a couple times just burning up and didn't really want to nurse so I thought maybe she had an ear infection. So Monday morning I called a pediatrician to get her in and the earliest time they had was 4:10pm. So all day Allie was just crying and had a fever and and was drooling really bad, it was so sad because there was nothing I could do to make her feel better. When we got to the doctor they weighed her (17lbs 6oz) and took her temperature (103.6, after tylenol) The doctor came in and told me the coxsackievirus has been running rampant with kids right now so she was going to check her hands, feet and mouth to see if it could be that, sure enough it was. Poor thing has little ulcers all over the back of her throat! We have no idea how she got it since no one we know has it. I hate when the kids are under a year and get sick, they just don't know what's going on and are just so sad. So there is no treatment for the virus you just have to stay up on fluids and give them tylenol and/or motrin and wait for it to pass. Luckily I found out once the fever is gone they aren't contagious anymore and that usually last 3-4 days. But it just takes a while for the ulcers to heal. Last night was the worst for Allie though she kept throwing up food, my milk, tylenol and the maalox the doctor told me to try to give her to coat her throat so it wouldn't hurt so bad. I hope today she will be feeling a bit better and I hope Emmie doesn't get it. So everyone with kids watch out since I guess it is going around really bad.