Baby Measles

So my wretched Wednesday's in 2010 continued last week. I thought I would be safe since the first 2 Wednesdays resulted in commutes from hell and I was leaving early for a doctor's appointment so I would be good to go. I was wrong - oh so very wrong. I woke up at around 1am on Wednesday morning with the worst migraine I had in ages - complete with messed up vision and throwing up. I fell asleep briefly only to be woken up by a screaming baby. She did this 2 more times before we got up for the day. When I got Finley dressed, her body seemed really warm but she had no fever so never thought much of it. I got us both ready to leave - only going to work because I didn't have the energy to walk upstairs and use my computer.

I had felt crappy all day because of the migraine and little to no sleep. I got to Finley's dayhome at around 345pm where they told me she had a bit of a fever and was very clingy all day. I got her home and upstairs where she just kinda sat on the floor. I picked her up and laid her on me where she slept for a few hours. She woke up soaked, dehydrated, and very cranky. Checked her temperature and she indeed still had her fever. I tried to give her some milk but she refused - same with jello, ice cream and mr freezes. She then burped and threw up. She laid back down on me and slept until Greg returned home from his Macleans thing he went to. He got her to eat some ice cream and she threw up again moments later. We took turns with her sleeping on us until Greg went to bed and I stayed sleeping on the couch with Finley.
She slept pretty good as long as she was on me and in the morning her fever was still there. So we stayed home and at around 10 or so, her fever seemed to break - Finley drank her bottle and had a banana. All was good - or so I thought! At lunch time, Finley refused to eat her banana or her chicken noodle soup so I thought something was up.
This was Finley Thursday afternoon after her fever came back hotter then ever. We basically repeated the events of Wednesday - except without the vomiting and she slept in her own bed. She only woke up a few times and fell back asleep on her own and in the morning, her fever was gone and her temperature was back to normal. So to work and dayhome we went. Greg picked her up and they said she was a little sleepy in the morning and slept alot but that she had a good afternoon. Woohoo! She was on the mend. She ate dinner Friday night but she didn't seem to sleep well Friday night. She woke up screaming numerous times which is really unlike her. On Saturday, she ate well but was super cranky despite having numerous naps. She went to bed early on Saturday and again woke up about 4 times screaming - each time making her fall asleep on her own. She woke up around 930 am and didn't eat much breakfast. I thought not much of it until around 11ish when I picked her up and laid her on me in hopes of making her happy when I noticed bumps as I rubbed her back. I took off shirt and saw that she was covered in a rash and that it was getting progressively worse.
Here is a photo of her on Sunday. It turns out that she didn't have a bout with the flu but that she had the onset of roseola which is also known as baby measles. It was hard to get a good photo of her rash but I did the best I could. It is basically covering her entire body - right down to inbetween her tiny bum cheeks!
Thankfully, it's not very itchy so she doesn't scratch too much but you can really get the sense that she is highly uncomfortable. She is extremely irritable and mood swings are crazy! She goes from happy to mad to sleeping on me 1.4 seconds!
The rash is only supposed to last 1 - 2 days so we are staying home tomorrow and am hoping that we can go back to "normal" on Tuesday. She is eating well - she had a grill cheesed sandwich for lunch and some pizza for dinner which she enjoyed! She's been sleeping for about 2 hours now and hasn't woken up yet, which is a record for the last few days so I am hoping for a much better tomorrow!

I am really hoping that this coming Wednesday is much better - not really sure how it could get much worse for me!