Herpangina

Logan started running a fever yesterday of 102!!! Of course, paranoid me, I NEVER wait a full 24 hours and "watch" the fever before I rush him in to the doctor. He ate a bunch of pistachios the day before he started running a fever. He was also complaining of a tummy ache. I'm freaking out thinking it's salmonella because of the pistachio salmonella outbreak! So I almost take him to the ER but the on call nurse says to wait it out. I'm still freaking out because his fever kept getting higher and higher. We went to see the doctor this morning and he has a virus called Herpangina. I called Brian to tell him what he had, and Brian says, "How can he have that, he's a boy???" Ya, I explained to him that it wasn't a body part but a virus that produces little blisters in your throat and makes you have a high fever for a week or so. The good new is that he's going to be fine and he doesn't have Salmonella from the nuts. The bad news is that he will have a fever and sore throat for about a week. Although, I don't think it's such a bad thing..... he just lays on the couch and keeps asking to take a little nap! So maybe that's why kids get sick--to give mom a break from the hyperness!!! I really do feel bad for the little guy though!