i got lucky

in late march, eric was fighting some type of a virus that turned into something quite funny.  he had typical symptoms to include a low grade fever and just not feeling 'right'.  which, of course, landed him sleeping rights downstairs.  he ended up with an itchy rash on his torso then it was gone.  it was odd.  then i got a random call from the school nurse about kambel having Fifth's Disease.  WHAT? i asked?  mainly just wondering if i needed to get her out of school.  the nurse calmed me down and assured me that when you can see the rash, that you are no longer contagious.  symptoms included a low grade fever - like 99.0 and just not feeling right.  the funny part, when you know that they have the disease is when they break out in an somewhat itchy rash all over their body.  the rash lasts like 5 days, they look horrible, especially when they get hot. it is like a lace pattern with the rash with red cheeks. ha!  they are NOT contagious during the rash (although everyone thinks they are), but they are HIGHLY contagious during the fever stage, when you really don't know they have it.  go figure.  SO eric had fifth's disease (typically a childhood disease, and once you get it you don't get it again), gave it to kambel, who gave it to kadence, who gave it to ty and i got lucky.