HFMD

Jaden was down with Hand, Foot & Mouth disease (HFMD) last week. The HFMD virus has been going around his school for a while and we thought that he had managed to avoid it since he wasn't in school for the entire week when the first case at his school was diagnosed.

Unfortunately, the virus got to him eventually. When we first brought him to the clinic, the doctor said to treat it as gastric flu first as Jaden didn't have the tell-tale signs red spots on his foot, hand or mouth. But since some of the symptoms for gastric flu and HFMD are quite similar, we were told that red spots would start to appear on the 3rd day if it was indeed HFMD. So we waited and true to the doctor's words, spots appear on Jaden's feet, hand and tongue on the 3rd day.

Other than the red spots, Jaden was practically well and active. He had no problems with eating and instead, I found it more of a challenge trying to keep him entertained at home. I guess, his was a mild case of HFMD and I'm thankful for that.

Now, I'm just glad that Jaden has recovered from HFMD :)

However, I'm crossing my fingers that the school don't see anymore HFMD cases. (The school is just one case away from mandatory closure.) I would be hard-pressed to keep my active Jaden well occupied, if that happens.