Sick again?

After being back to daycare for a total of four days (Korri has been to 6 of 12 days so far!), I received a phone call this afternoon that Korri had a fever of 102.3 and I had to come get her (Jim, of course, is traveling all week). I mean, really?!?! She is still on her antibiotic from the previous illness! Ironically or conveniently, we had her 15 month well child appt scheduled for late this afternoon, so I figured we could at least have her doctor take a look.

I feel like a broken record, but thankfully, NeNe was able to come along to the appt since Jim was traveling and we had a lot to discuss with Korri's doctor. I started telling Dr. Mackey about the last two and a half weeks at our house and she changed the appt from a well-child visit to a sick-child visit! She said she didn't feel she would be able to focus on the "well-child" issues given how severe Korri had been sick, was still recovering from and now had a new fever.

I was able to pull up pictures on my phone from when Korri's skin was really bad and Dr. Mackey was shocked. She said that she really didn't think that it was Hand Foot and Mouth considering the symptoms were atypical of the disease. However, with Korri's skin already being bad, it is possible it just presented very uniquely. She fully examined her and thinks that NOW Korri might have Hand Foot and Mouth because she had some sores IN her mouth today. Sheesh! Maybe Korri got it from Jim. She sent Korri down for some labs to make sure it isn't something much worse than a virus.

Dr called me back around 8pm tonight and said that overall, Korri's numbers were normal. Her white blood count was elevated, but just in the normal range. One of her ratios was not normal, but usually wasn't an indicator for illness, so not to worry about it. She re-prescribed hydro-cortizone to keep applying once per day until her skin is totally healed and she also said to keep giving Korri the antibiotic until it is gone (today should have been her last day).

SO, we now have Korri's 15 month well-child appt at the end of the month instead of today. Korri keeps Dr. Mackey on her toes. She always comments on how Korri has to be a little diva and do things dramatically. Hmmm...I think that is foreshadowing for much to come!