Yesterday when I picked Caleb up from school, his teacher reported that he was complaining about something hurting his foot. Indeed, he was whining pitifully and gimped all the way to the car, crying out every minute or two. Scott got home a few minutes after us and started doing his first aid assessment. When Caleb couldn't flex his foot any further than 45° without crying out, Scott called Goddad, who is a nurse. Goddad said we should wait to take him to the doctor instead of waiting for six hours in the ER. Caleb spent the rest of the evening crawling around to get from place to place, but mostly holding still.
This morning, Caleb was hopping to get from place to place and still couldn't bear any weight on his foot, so Scott stayed home and took him to the doctor. By they time they got to the office (a forty-minute drive from our house), Caleb was gimping fairly well on his foot, and the doctor was unable to find any sign of a break. She said it was probably a sprain and to give it until Friday. Scott took him back to school, where he ran off to join his classmates on the playground. Annoyed, Scott made the twenty-minute trek school to relieve me (I was covering his class).
About ten minutes after Scott relieved me, we got another call from Caleb's school saying he was covered in an itchy body rash. Since I had a class the next period, Scott left as soon as lunch started to pick up Caleb and take him back to the doctor. By the time Scott got there, Caleb was asleep and the rash was gone. Rather than wake Caleb (who has pretty much decided that he's never again going to nap at home), Scott went home and told them to call him if the rash came back. It didn't.
So I am baffled. ???
3 comments:
He's just keeping you on your toes.
He most certainly is doing that! I don't know whether to worry that there is something really wrong or to ignore it since it went away.
Fifth disease is going around. Kids have muscle pain, sometimes a runny nose and sore throat and a rash on their trunk, face and limbs that can come and go for a week or more. It seems to come back with heat or exercise so you may see it again after a bath, nap or running around. Sometimes there is a low grade fever in the week or so before the rash breaks out. It is contagious only prior to the rash (before you know they have it) but they only get it once.
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