First Day at School, Out for a Week

So, yesterday Quinn told me that she was itchy all over and I just thought she was being really silly. But at dinner time, I noticed that she had spots on her hands and I was like... Quinn, you weren't being silly, you were telling the truth. It wasn't that bad and I just thought that maybe it was a little allergic reaction to something. This morning, she woke up and it didn't get any worse than it was yesterday. So, I took her to school anyway.

She had a BLAST! the teacher was really great about explaining how Q is just like everyone else, but she just needs some help breathing and the told them not to touch her oxygen and Quinn was ok with being the center of attention for a little bit. She clapped and danced and sang with all the kids. She had her friend Brooke in school too and Brooke was so sweet! She showed Quinn around. Quinn wasn't as nervous with a familiar face to help her, otherwise I'm pretty confident she would have hid behind my butt for most of the morning. It was an easy transition. The teacher was at first really weary about Q, but she got the hang of Quinn and Quinn was having a pretty good day today too so that helped her to see Quinn's "normal". I won't be taking her to school when Q is having a bad day, but she can sometimes have an "off" day and she will see how that is like soon, i'm sure. but today, she got to see Quinn's "normal", which is still a little off-balance, but it doesn't stop Quinn at all. I can see though, from how she was last year to how she was today, this "normal" would have actually been quinn's "off" days last year. but like I said, it's ok she is fine. THANK GOD FOR WOODCHIPS!!!! Quinn was starting to run and of course didn't pick up her feet or anticipate the uneven surface of the ground and she took a really nice little digger into the woodchips. like her face bounced off the ground. If that was concrete, pretty sure we would have seen some teeth go flying everywhere, but... whew! I told Q she had to be careful and not to run on the concrete, only on the woodchips.

But, when we came in from outside, her rash started to become very noticeable and spread all throughout and on her face and legs... teachers took notice and we figured it was probably just an allergic reaction. It was almost time to go anyway so we just kinda figured that if it got worse, i'd take her in to the doctor. Well, it got worse... so we saw the doc about an hour ago.

It's definitely not an allergic reaction. It's viral. Q's throat was red, she developed a cough, she was slightly feverish, but still acting fine and the type of rash wasn't an allergy type of rash. It's a bunch of red dots everywhere. They are not really raised, they are not at all itchy. The doc said the problem with it being viral is it rocks the immune system, which makes her more susepctible to bacterial infection... lovely! So, we have to keep her out of school for a whole week now. :( Plus, I'm sure having a little four year old running around with an unknown rash wouldn't go over well with all the other parents. lol!  Better luck next week.