ARE YOU SERIOUS.....

A couple weeks ago Talan had a little rash on his arm. A few days went by and it started spreading to his hand and up his arm. I was never really concerned about it because Kalei never got anything so I figured it wasn't contageous, maybe just a reaction to something he ate. So a week later Justin tells me that I should probably take him to the doctor to get him checked out. So I made an appointment. Justin ended up taking him because I had another dr's appt at the same time.

The doctor walks in and right when he sees it he says "now I know your wife is going to stress out" (he knows me well since they basically have had a room set aside for the YOUNG family the past month). The verdict to the rash is SHINGLES !! The doctor pulls the book out, being that it's rare for kids under the age of 3 to get SHINGLES, and compares the pictures to Talan. Shingles run up a nerve which his did. They started on the top of his hand went to the underside of his arm in a straight line all the way up over his shoulder and down his back. CRAZINESS !! You hear how painful they can be the older you get but they never ever once bugged Tal at all. They didn't itch nothin !! AND... being that Shingles is part of the chicken pox family you have to have received the chicken pox before you can get shingles. Who knows how and when he had the chicken pox. He never once broke out in a rash or little bumps on his body. He doesn't get the chicken pox vaccine until he is 18 months which is in April so, so much for that. The reason why Kalei never got them was because she has had the vaccine.

Let's hope and pray that the baby doesn't fall victim of chicken pox. I guess it takes 21 days for it to pass and show up. Keep your fingers crossed. Here are some pictures. These are a couple weeks after breaking out, but you can still see the line up his arm.