Rosiola or Strep Throat?

Last Saturday Zoe came down with a fever that ranged from 102 - 103. On Sunday she still had a fever and did NOT feel well at all, so we kept her home from church and our weekly family dinner at Mike's sister's house. On Monday morning the fever was still there so I took Zoe to see her pediatrician. The doctor did a strep test, flu test, and checked her ears and throat. All the normal stuff, and it all came back negative. Monday afternoon Zoe's fever spiked to 105 at one point. We were able to quickly get it back down to a more 'normal' 103 range but it was pretty freaky. On Tuesday, Zoe's fever had subsided and was in the 100 range for most of the day and Zoe was feeling much better.

Then on Wednesday Zoe woke up in the morning with a rash all over her face, stomach, and back. What?!?!

The fever was completely gone at that point but what the heck was this rash? By the time I got her to the pediatrician that morning the rash had spread to her arms and down to her thighs.

As the pediatrician was looking at Zoe's rash and I was explaining to her about Zoe's fever and then how it went away and then Zoe woke up with the rash she was said, "I think she has this thing called Rosiola.". I knew it! I had already done some research at home and also called Mike's brother, who is a Dermatologist. But then, right as she was saying this about Rosiola, the nurse came in with the results of the strep test (that she had done as soon as we got there) and said it was positive (strep can also cause a rash). So now the doc. was like, "Hmmmm, it looks and acts like Rosiola but the strep is positive...". So they took another swab of Zoe's throat to send off to the lab to get a definitive answer on the strep because the one they did in the office on Wednesday could have been a false positive.

So we don't know yet if Zoe has Rosiola or Strep. We're waiting to get the test results back. We'll get them by Saturday. But we can't take Zoe anywhere because if she has Strep, she's really contagious until she's been on antibiotics for 24 hours.

The rash is almost gone at this point. And the fever is still gone. There isn't any we can do (or could have done) for the Rosiola. It's one of those things that needs to run its course.

This is the day before the fever started. Zoe's friend, Lilly, came over to play and Lilly stubbed her toe so they both have ice packs on their feet.

Lilly and Zoe being silly on the couch.

After Lilly left Zoe crashed on the couch. This is the first time Zoe has ever fallen asleep on the couch.

The best picture we could get of Zoe's rash.

You can't see the rash in this picture but it's ALL over her body. Zoe is playing in the closet.

I see you!

Silly Zoe being silly.