helpless

my poor guy is sick. and we're not sure with what. and Mike is out of town this week - not that either of us can do anything...

Ethan woke up with a rash on his face, hands and feet (no, not hand foot & mouth disease). whiney and clingy and tired and not wanting to do much of anything. Got him into a bath and out of the house around noon. he played with his friend Elli for an hour or so and got him home for a nap. He slept 2.5 hours until I woke him up and was awake for 2 hours and ate 1/2 a sandwich before going back to bed for the night.

the poor guy - the rash is itchy and is EVERYWHERE and if you're wondering, "there too?" - yes, there too.... in his ears, between his toes, covering his private parts... it's there. Benadryl didn't help - cortisone and lotion didn't help.

He has a fever (100.9 at last check) and is sleeping. I talked to the nurse at Children's tonight and taking him in tomorrow. but tonight he's fine. relatively speaking. he's sleeping and while he's sleeping he isn't itching. but still. I sit here and wish I could do something - anything to help him feel better and not be covered in a rash and not be itchy and not have a fever. and the little dude, he's going to be so so disappointed that we're going to have to cancel his first playdate with school friends if he doesn't make a miraculous recovery by the morning :( they've been talking about it and planning their day for a week now. every day when I see Hayden and Ewan it's "I'm coming over on Sunday" or "have to you talked to my mom" or "I'm bringing my Spiderman costume" and Ethan is all excited to show them his room and his new IronMan poster that is up on his wall (thanks to Mike allowing that) and his Star Wars stuff and Superhero figures and vehicles. He's asked at least 3 times today when they are coming over. I hope for so many many reasons that he feels better in the morning. I wish there was something I could do...