September 26th

There is a mixed bag of stuff out there.
We have had all kinds of rashes.
There is still the hand foot mouth virus about, perhaps some slap cheek and a couple of kids who likely have the chicken pox. They are too young to have had the vaccine. (We generally give the chicken pox vaccine called Varivax at 15 months of age, but it can be given to children as young as a year. )
There are also some calls about a fairly mild tummy bug that isn't lasting for more than a day or two.
We are seeing lots of colds and coughs and ear infections.
There are some fevers out there but I don't think I am seeing the flu yet.
Stay well
Judy

update this week

I have quite a few babies ( around the 1 to 2 year old group) with fevers today. The fevers are reasonably high and the kids are all looking pretty well without any other symptoms.
I am suspecting roseola, but will know more in a few days as we watch for a rash to appear.
Any fever lasting over 3 days needs to be seen!
Judy

September 19th/ illness class scheduled

We were extremely busy today with sick kids and the phone call volume was very high.
We do our best triage the charts and call the more serious cases first, but if you are ever worried and feel like you are waiting for a long time for a call back, feel free to call again and ask the front desk to nudge you to the top of our pile.
We are seeing lots of coughs and colds.
We have several cases of Hand/ foot/ mouth
A few kids were having vomiting for a day ( no diarrhea yet)
There were lots of sore throats..strep tests were negative
some of our older kids had pretty high fevers for a day or 2 without any other symptoms showing right now.
We had a 4 year old admitted to the hospital last week with RSV ( a very nasty virus that typically shows up much later in the season)
My illness class is scheduled for this coming Sat morning at 10:45 where we will talk about all of the above...if you are interested in a spot let me know www.nursejudy.net

Stay well, its a nice week coming up...sunscreen and hydration please!!!
Judy

September 6th

I hope everyone enjoyed the 3 day weekend.
We have a lot of coughs and colds outs there. Doctor Schwanke thinks that the warm days of Fall lead to increased pollution ( spare the air days) that are contributing to our wheezers.
We also have some kids with body aches and fevers that are lasting about 3-4 days.
I am still seeing a slew of strange rashes.
We have one case of probably chicken pox. The child is too young for vaccination and is just back from Hawaii.

My next scheduled class is the "illness class" on September 24th at 10:45am

stay well
Nurse Judy