SDV - childhood virus ;)

Hi Mommies,

My poor Emma started a small rash - allergy-looking thing on her face last Friday.  By Sunday it was on her entire body - not welts, just red pin-prick size spots under the skin.  Her entire body minus her legs.  Poor thing. I took her to the doc on Monday, and she was diagnosed with a SDV.   Which the doctor informs me is:

“Some Dumb Virus”

I kid you not!  He can rule out all of the major childhood illnesses, and said he is left with an SDV.  :)  I’m compleeeeetely okay with that!  So she IS contagious - just like a cold would be except probably skin to skin contact too.  Anyhow, no big deal.  She is watching tv at the moment with a calamine-smeared body, and Benadryl.  So it should be a quiet day around here!  2 yr old Megan doesn’t have it yet.

In all seriousness it made me eternally grateful that I’ve had the girls vaccinated.  I know there are all kinds of discussions and heated debates on the subject.  But when, out of nowhere, YOUR child catches a SDV, I swear you too would be over the moon that you made the right decision to vaccinate.  My doc told me that as long as 95% of the population remains vaccinated, we can continue to suppress the spread of diseases like measles and rubella.   If the non-vaccinating crowd gets their way, there will be a whole lot less than 95% of the population vaccinated - and that is a veeeeeeeeery scary thought!  

Happily yours,

Cathy