Hand. foot and mouth.

     A few weeks ago Nate came home from work feeling sick. He had a fever and was going back and forth between the chills and the sweats. It lasted for about 24 hours and then left him with a terrible sore throat and weird rash looking spots on his fingers, feet, and around his mouth. After visiting the google doctor I diagnosed him with hand, foot and mouth disease.

     If you've never heard of HFM or don't know much about it, it's a disease that little kids usually get and it leaves "blisters" on the hands, feet, and mouth. They don't itch or hurt but Nate did say they tingled and made his grip really weak. Around the mouth it just looks like teenage acne. It's a virus and because of that you just have to let it run its course, nothing doctors can give you to help.
     So the next day Nate said it was the worst sore throat he had ever experienced. I looked in his mouth and the back of his mouth and throat were filled with these awful blisters! It looked incredibly painful! Nate's little brother was getting married in Utah the next day and we debated whether to even go since he was feeling so sick and we didn't want him to infect any of the little nieces and nephews.
     We went to the wedding because after 5 days neither me nor Spence were experiencing any symptoms and Nate was supposedly not contagious anymore. I think he was feeling pretty crappy for most of the trip, but he was a good sport so I even got him a large frosty to help his throat:) And as far as we know no one else he came in contact with got sick, so even though he didn't get to hold or be close to the kids, it was for the best!

one of about 3 pics I took at the wedding.

Pool boy.

Spencer LOVES the water. He went swimming when it was only 76 degrees and his mom was too chicken to get in. He loves to kick and splash and gets a big grin anytime he gets to play in it!