Hand Foot and Mouth Torture!

Hand-foot-and-mouth disease is a common childhood illness. It causes sores in the mouth and on the hands, feet, and sometimes the buttocks and legs. Mouth sores can be painful and may make it hard for your child to eat. The disease is not serious, and it usually goes away in a week or so.


What the definition fails to mention is the extremely high fever and the irritability that goes with the blisters.  Luke started on Friday with a fever of 105 and broke out with head to toe blisters by Saturday afternoon.  We finally decided it would be worth a trip to urgent care at 4:30 when he would stop crying.  It was diagnosed as "Atypical Hand foot mouth" around 8.  It is now spreading through the children.  Bailey had a high fever all day Sunday and Monday started blistering.  Her mouth and throat are really bad!  Molly only has 3 small blisters in her mouth but we know she is about to erupt.  It is exciting at our house.  The big plus about being sick is we get to eat LOTS of Popsicles on the deck.