Roseola 玫瑰疹

Have you heard of Roseola (Mei Gui Zhen - in the local language)? Well most likely that's what Reister had over the weekend. It's a virus that normally affects kids six months to three years old (but they can only get it once). It starts with a pretty high fever for about 3 days and then once the fever breaks, they get a rash. We were pretty freaked out Thursday night and Friday when Reister had such a high fever. Fortunately, we were able to consult with foreign doctors both here in the Shining City and via email. Father answered our requests to bring the temperature down through the Tylenol and Ibuprofen. We didn't know what it was until yesterday - although his fever broke Sunday, he started breaking out in the rash and hives Sunday night and we were again worried about what was going on. But the foreign doctor knew just what it was when I called her and told her how it was progressing! Today he still has a faint rash (like what you can see on his back below) but no more hives. Whew, it was quite an experience - thankfully Reister hasn't been sick all that much. I thought I'd post about it for all you parents of young ones in case your kid gets it, you might figure it out sooner than we did!