The first communicable disease at Ben's daycare.
We got the email Saturday morning: two kids had COXSACKIE. (aka HandFoot&Mouth Disease)
My SIL was over that morning as we were getting ready to take Ben shopping and to lunch - and E begins a nuclear-level-meltdown:
"god DAMMIT. SHIT. I wonder who it is!!"
(proceeded to respond to the daycare provider's email - under my email! -
We quickly got a response that Yes, one of the kids was from Ben's class. (I also felt I had to apologize and make clear that E had sent the borderline nasty email when the owner kept saying how bad she felt...)
When I began to hypothesize out loud that it was siblings at the daycare (one of Ben's classmates has an older brother) the nuclear meltdown went even higher:
"OH GOD DAMMIT - Ms. [Teacher] showed me a video of [Timmy] feeding Ben by hand! OH DAMMIT!"
I mean - the guy acted like Ben had been exposed to Ebola...
So, we watched him all weekend - nary a symptom sprouted.
Except then, today I got a call at work. (First of all, I am just glad that the first line out of their mouths when they call me at work is, "Ben is ok!")
But his eyes were oozing.
He had a slight eye booger problem and just seemed "off." She wondered if maybe it was pink-eye developing? And was that a symptom of coxsackie??
GREAT.
So after a quick pow-wow with E, we arranged that I would pick up and bring
Ben and I sat in the waiting room (on the quarantined "sick visit" side) and I admonished him, DON'T TOUCH ANYTHING! you'll give everyone coxsackie!!
(if you're wondering how the hell to pronounce that, it's "cock-sackie." But say it fast, so no one can quite tell exactly what you're saying... or just call it "HandFoot&Mouth Disease" and make it easier on everyone...)
Well quick visit (but long wait) later, Ben does not have coxsackie.
He has a double ear infection...
Ok, so I saw the title of this post and I immediately started laughing. But so glad that he doesn't have it! Although the double ear infection is NOT good news... poor little guy. Hope he feels better soon!
ReplyDeleteThank goodness it's not cocksucky (LOL that's how I'd pronounce it if I said it fast). Seriously, I've heard that's just awful. But still I feel for the little guy. The one time I had an ear infection it was the worst. Double ear infection! Damn. Get better soon, Ben!
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