Weekly update7/22/14

Things seem quiet on the Noe valley front.
 We are mostly seeing the well kids for their check-ups.

We are seeing more rashes and bug bites than a lot of illnesses.

There are a few kids with fevers out there.

It is crazy to think that it is almost August! If you have forms for schools/ sports teams don't wait until the last minute to get those taken care of..

Have a good week.

~Nurse Judy

Monday update 7/14/14

There is a mystery fever out there that has been hanging on for 4-5 days. Some of the kids are getting a rash with it. Dr Kaplan is suspecting that we are starting to see Parvo (aka slap cheek)
When it starts to make the rounds we tend to see a lot of it. I will keep you in the loop.
slap cheek

There are a few kids with a mild tummy bug
http://www.nursejudynvp.blogspot.com/2013/03/tummy-bugs-101.html
and a few kids with croup.
http://nursejudynvp.blogspot.com/search?q=croup

There are lots of little summer colds around.

For those of  you with upcoming travels...here is an update of my travel post http://nursejudynvp.blogspot.com/2014/07/travel-tidbits.html

Stay well

Judy

Monday update July 7th

I hope everyone had a nice 3 day weekend.
I was expecting mayhem this morning, but it was quite a bit  mellower than usual.

There are of course the usual cases of coughs/ colds etc but nothing alarming.
We have seen a ton of kids with nasty bug bites.
 Any bug bite that seems to be painful and has increasing areas of redness, might be getting infected and is worth a look.

Stay well.
Judy