Jade and I have been spending a lot of time at home the last few days. Saturday JB and I noticed Jade's cheeks seemed abnormally flushed throughout the day and it also appeared her eyes were red and blood shot. We thought she was tired and over heated so didn't think much about it.
Sunday, the same thing. Monday and Tuesday...when it was rather cool out...I was surprised that she again seemed to be continually flushed, with bright red checks. I think I checked her temperature like five times! Finally, Wednesday I called my mom to ask her medical opinion (she isn't a doctor, but always seems to know what's wrong), I asked this while out shopping for a
new themometer thinking mine must be broken. When I told her Jade's seemingly non-ecsistant symptoms I also noticed a rash on Jade's arms and legs, Mom said "Oh, it sounds like she has Fifth Disease".
I hadn't heard of Fifth's disease but was concerned enough to call the doctors office as soon as I hung up the phone with mom to get an appointment. Sure enough, Jade was diagnosed with
Fifth Disease . Why do I even bother with a doctor when my mom is around? lol
At any rate, there really isn't much I can do now that Jade has this. There isn't a vaccine or antibiotic that you can give your child. It's really not that harmful to a healthy child/person and aside from slight discomfort (and often flu like symptoms) it isn't that bothersome of a sickness to have. However, it can be harmful...very harmful even...to pregnant women if they aren't already immune.
So, aside from trying to keep a "Fifth Disease" epidemic from spreading throughout Western Washington, Jade and I have been staying home to protect pregnant women and unborn babies all over.
Yesterday, Jade and I spent the day periodically watching
"The Rescuers" eating popcorn and carrot sticks and munching on leftover Greek pizza. We also spent a good amount of time reading books, playing "princess castle" and browsing random things on the internet.
Needless to say it was a very relaxing day.
Today the sun is out (hurray!) and I'm hoping it warms up enough that Jade can play in her little kiddo pool while I lay out and read.Take care all!
I'm so excited, and I'm hoping this will help limit the number books I find surrounding Jade in bed each morning.
Since it's still brand new, she is liking it a lot. Methodically picking out one book at a time, reading it and putting it back to grab a new one.
Hurray for creative people who share their creative-ness with the rest of us!
At any rate, there really isn't much I can do now that Jade has this. There isn't a vaccine or antibiotic that you can give your child. It's really not that harmful to a healthy child/person and aside from slight discomfort (and often flu like symptoms) it isn't that bothersome of a sickness to have. However, it can be harmful...very harmful even...to pregnant women if they aren't already immune.
Kristen handed Jade the watermelon slice and waited for the verdict. Does she like it?
That is a BIG yes!
Yummy summer snacks!
We also got to see skydivers, Jade cheered for the "Flag jumper" saying "hurray flag! Hurray flag!"
She was pretty excited about that, especially when he landed:)
During the fireworks show Jade "Ooo'ed" and "aahh'ed" and proclaimed the fireworks "bweatiful". She danced like a crazy lady to the music and tried to touch the fireworks with her out-streched finger tips. We made some great memories. Hope everyone else had a fabulous Fourth of July!
She kept saying "come here, mommy. Play in the pool with me!"
She spent most of her time going down the slide and repeating that over and over. She also insisted we get her toys from her bathtub to play with.
I had to drag her out for dinner time. Her tears only subsided when food was in her mouth. lol
Jonathan relaxing in a nearby hammock at our hotel (The Ritz)
The wind was amazing, windy, but wonderful. The water was perfect!
We just took a short walk from our hotel to the beach. Extra long golf carts served as shuttles from the hotel to the beach if you wanted, but we preferred the walk.
The pool was also wonderful, Jonathan jumped in at first chance. This was a picture from our first day...perhaps even the first hour of our arrival.
Here is the view of the pool area from our balcony
Hanging with the girls touring the island a bit...just looking for prettier beach areas. Honestly, I thought every beach was beautiful and just as worth playing in
My handsome man. We went for a short drive with the friends and stopped to walk along the coast to find a blow hole
on the walk we found funny stacked rocks and odd patterns in the ground. I needed a picture by them!
my cute friendie and me...being blown away by the wonderful breeze
traveling rainbow. Every time the water shot up the rainbow would shine through and then as the water floated away the rainbow would go too...it looked like the rainbow was flying across the sky
We got to attend a Luau while there. I loved the story told by the dancers and all the fun costume changes!
The sunshine and leis weren't bad either! Oh, and JB and I got to dance in the moonlight near the end
Snorkeling was an experience I wasn't too sure about. But once we tried it was one of my favorite things! I LOVED it! The coral reef and the colorful fish were amazing!
We had a wonderful time in Maui, Thank you John and Peggy for watching Jade so we could go!!
