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Hives and yippers

A bunch of different posts brewing, all about the holidays and the upcoming cath and all sorts of things, but right now a more pressing concern:

Sammy is covered in hives.

It started yesterday and our pediatrician (over the phone) told us that it's pretty common for toddlers to have hives as a virus works its way out of their systems. Sammy had a miserable stomach thing on Saturday, so the consensus is that the hives (that are ALL over and disappear and reappear elsewhere) are just that bug kicking around his body.

NOT pretty. And since I haven't yet brought him into the office (what, with all the crap flying around?), I'm a tad on the paranoid side, convinced he's caught some strange bacteria, terrified that it's something we're not catching in time and is going to get to his heart all because the practical side of me says, He's acting fine. He's playing and eating. A little clingier than usual, but they're not itchy and they're just what the pediatrician said they would be. But the impractical heart mom in me?

NOT pretty.

So, parents of toddlers and once-toddlers, what's your experience with this? Has your kid ever burst into hives after some sort of illness?

On a cuter, more pleasant note, Sammy got a pair of Acorn slippers that he is OBSESSED with. He slept with them on last night, and this morning when I was changing him, he screamed when one came off - "MY YIPPER! MY YIPPER!" God forbid one slips off during the day - you'd think the world was ending. "MY YIPPER FELL OFF MY FOOOOOT! Mamamamama! Put back ON! My YIPPER! Put.Back.ON!"

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Sophia recently had a breakout. Doctor was convinced they were viral. They were totally gone in a couple of days.
No big deal.

Posted by Michael | January 2, 2008 8:06 PM

Both my boys (six years and 18 months) have had the hives at the end of a virus or sickness. Our dr says it just their bodies way of showing you it is finally rid of whatever was there in the first place.

Posted by Amy | January 2, 2008 8:50 PM

One of my sons got a rash all over his body after a virus. The doctor told me the same thing. Hope he feels better soon.

Posted by Brandy | January 2, 2008 10:36 PM

Madeleine had that once. She was super-sick, and a few days later she was covered in these rashy-welt things, which freaked me out. The doc said it was the last stage of whatever virus she had.

So my vote is for: totally normal.

Posted by amber | January 3, 2008 9:48 AM

Yep, sounds viral. Lots of it going around!

Too cute Sammy with your Yipper! I too have a Yipper boy here and we love to see him dancing around in his Slippers! This year he received Green Snowman slippers. Yes, Green!

Praying you are all better soon.

Terri

Posted by Terri Grabb | January 3, 2008 12:28 PM

Zoe breaks out after fevers too. Although my doctors always tell me she's still contagious while she has those "rashes"... They've never really mentioned hives, but I'm betting that is probably what it is instead of some contagious rash. I keep her home anyway, though, until it's cleared up, just in case. She's never bothered by them, either.

Posted by niki | January 3, 2008 12:29 PM

I'm sure it's viral but search webmd for coxsackie...I can't remember all the symptoms of that one...I would ck but I'm on my cellie =)

Posted by JENNIFER | January 3, 2008 7:46 PM

YUP!! my kids do the same thing too. More so mackenzie and Tristian. Actually Tristian'd face broke out two days ago, and then his lips looked do sore ( besides dry and licking them ), I thought it looked like strep!! So off I wen tot the walk in clinic.. AND YES!! he has strep... they said it is common for kids that have a viral infection to have rahses, it just turns out that Tristians viral infection was strep!! Well at least we have anitbiotics now...
Hope Sammy is getting better.....
D

Posted by Drea | January 4, 2008 8:10 AM

Tabby's not a toddler yet, but she did have hives/rash when she had some sort of stomach virus. It came and went ... but it did scare me a bit (I've got some serious allergy issues).

Posted by jesser | January 6, 2008 9:39 PM
 

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