Duh!!!

Susannah had a small bumpy rash on her side and back about two weeks ago and had these symptoms too:

 "upset stomach, headache, fever, and the chills".


We didn't connect those symptoms to the rash and she felt well enough to go to school - a little nausea, took advil for headache a few times and put the upset stomach down to 'girl stuff'....we kept an eye on the rash but after a week or so it started to go so we didn't bother to see the Doctor..Susannah was just bothered by the itchiness while it had been there....


BUT - I was just looking up SHINGLES and the rash she had is EXACTLY like a mild form of shingles!!!!  It looks just like the pictures and descriptions!!  OMG - maybe it was Susannah that gave chicken pox to Sam!!!    I always consider shingles to be an old persons illness but so long as you have had chicken pox you can get it at any age!!!  

dot to dot.....

Sam likes the pink calamine lotion.  He's a little itchy today but not too bad and he's his usual happy self full of energy.  He's been practicing with his bow and arrow - not necessarily a good thing as his aim is getting VERY good ;)