Toddler Rashes

So, it seems we have our first welcome to NYC illness.  Atticus woke up about 4:30 am on Saturday morning running a fever.  Even with Motrin and Tylenol over the course of the day, it never really dropped below 100.  Boo.  (Even bigger boo was that he and his friend Liam were supposed to have a play date and Atticus was really peeved that we had to cancel!!!)  About 4:30 am on Sunday morning, Atticus came into get me again.  I wasn't surprised, I gave him a dose of Motrin before bed, but it's only good for 6-8 hours... When we woke up this morning, his eyes were kind of puffy and his face looked red, but only in certain areas.  His "T-Zone" if you will was red, but nothing else.  I was googling a bit as the morning wore on when we started noticing some rashes popping up on his legs.  I called the pediatrician who we were planning on using, but go figure - they don't accept new patients on the weekends.  So.... it was off to the urgent care for the little man and I.  After running a strep test (negative) and being assessed by two different doctors... the conclusion was "undiagnosed viral infection".  What?  Seriously?  We were told to watch it, continue with the Motrin and call/take him in if it got worse.  UGH.

The rash has gotten a bit worse and now it seems to be itching.  Poor little man.  He's running a fever, but he has the chills.  He can't figure out what in the world to wear to bed because he's both hot and cold... we put the tallest socks we could find on him to attempt to keep him from scratching his legs to death while he's sleeping.

So, apparently tomorrow is going to be a Mom/Son day.  We'll visit the new pediatrician hopefully, menu plan and do some grocery shopping, maybe get a library card, see if we can unpack some Thomas the Train toys... Atticus really wants to go ice skating too -- but I have a feeling that may have to wait.

For now, I'd best get to bed because I'm going to have a feverish little boy waking up in a few hours...