Weekly Update April 14th

Hand Foot Mouth is still out there in big numbers making many of our patients miserable.
http://www.nursejudynvp.blogspot.com/2013/06/hand-foot-mouth-and-butt-virus.html
I am seeing some kids with a lot of mouth involvement this time. This is a yucky week or so, but they will get through it.

We are also seeing lots of tummy stuff. There seems to be a combo of vomiting, diarrhea and stomach cramps going around

http://www.nursejudynvp.blogspot.com/2013/03/tummy-bugs-101.html

I have been advised that there are quite a few documented cases of Whooping cough in the city.

http://www.nursejudynvp.blogspot.com/2014/03/pertussis-whooping-cough.html

We still have our share of kids with the basic cough/ cold
http://www.nursejudynvp.blogspot.com/2013/08/dealing-with-those-pesky-colds-and.html

I have a lot of kids today with conjunctivitis... No blog post on that, hmmm I will put that on my list for a future post.


Happy Passover to all of you who celebrate!

~Nurse Judy