Barnabas Monkeypants

We last left Henry on Thursday with a fever and grumpiness that only Ebenezer Scrooge could match. Friday morning, he seemed much better, so we left him with Super-Nanny Silvia and headed off to work.

That is until early Friday afternoon when Silvia called to say that Henry’s fever had returned, this time to 103. So she drove down to the doctor’s and Kristen met them there. He was again tested for the H1N1 flu (negative for a second time), and we were told to watch out for him, check to see if the fever didn’t go down, and for a nasty rash.

Well, that night, a few hours after putting Henry to bed, he woke up crying and crying. When I went in to console him with hugs and some water, I found him completely drenched in sweat — his hair was as wet as if he just got out of the bath.

So, his fever broke. Which was a good thing.

It didn’t stop him from being crabby, however. And also a little wobbly on his feet. The past couple of weeks Henry has gone from a halting stumble to a pretty confident strut. But on Friday and Saturday, he could barely take two steps without plopping on his butt, often with a very sad face.

Saturday he was feverless (albeit still crabby) and by Sunday he was much, much better.

When we were giving him a bath last night, we saw what we thought were hives on his back and chest (he’s had them before), and thought nothing of it. This morning, however, when he woke up, his entire body was covered in a red, bumpy rash.

Roseola.

Henry was pink and bumpy, and not in a good way. (Because, really, don’t you think there’s a good way to be pink and bumpy?)

The thing is, once you see the rash, you’re already on the road to recovery. No more fever, reduced crabbiness, and a steadiness on the feet.

There’s a good chance he’ll be clear by tomorrow and be back to his normal, happy self. That is, until the next tooth starts coming in…

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