GG's Visit...and Pearce gets sick :(

GG came to visit us last week and we had so much fun with her!  Pearce kept asking and asking when she was going to be here....next time we have a visitor, I think I won't tell him at all and let him be surprised because Pearce kept saying "It's so hard to wait!"  GG came on Sunday and after hugs and kisses, Pearce asked GG if she brought him anything....oh Pearce...he knows GG soooooo well :)  She brought Pearce two big Play Doh kits to which he said "I've always wanted this!"  So Pearce played with one of his play doh kits and then we went to eat lunch at La Madeleine....mine and GG's favorite!  Monday was Pearce's soccer class, so GG got to go with us to that which was fun!  We also had Pearce's friend, Claire, with us for the day, so it was really fun for GG to see them together.  Claire was so good at soccer.  I brought Pearce's iPad and just let her play his games while Pearce played soccer.  After soccer, we took them to Little Land to play.  All of my pics from Little Land are blurry because they were on the move non stop!  After Little Land we went to Chick Fil A for lunch and I have never seen Pearce eat so much, LOL!!  After soccer and Little Land, he was hungry!  We dropped Claire off at home after that and then we went to the outlet mall to do a little shopping.  Pearce was so good at the outlet mall.  We stopped at the Disney Store to just "look" around but GG got Pearce a couple sets of  small action figures which he just loves!  Pearce has gotten so good at using his imagination and playing by himself.  He loves any type of play people.  On Tuesday, Pearce skipped school and we went to the movies!  GG and Pearce saw Hotel Transylvania 2 and I saw The Walk.  We went to a theater where you can eat there and they have recliners to lay back in.  It's so comfy!  I got GG and Pearce all settled and then went to my movie.  We all enjoyed it!  Wednesday, Pearce picked Luby's for lunch and then we thought it would be fun to go to a park afterwards.  As soon as we walked in Luby's, Pearce said he was cold.  I normally get cold everywhere, but Luby's was definitely not cold.  This was my first hint that Pearce was getting sick.  He really didn't eat a lot....he did eat his Jello though :)  We went to the park and Pearce did play, but he didn't play as hard as he normally does.  Then he actually told me he didn't feel good and wanted to go home.  We got home and sure enough, he was starting to run a fever.  It had been almost exactly a month since his last fever episode, so I assumed this was another one of his fevers.  His fever got to 104.5 later that afternoon and he just wanted to sleep and lay on the couch.  Poor little guy!  Se we just took it easy that day.  By Thursday, he was feeling better and only had a low fever, but it stayed down with Motrin.  He was definitely more active and just seemed more like himself.  Since GG was leaving the next day and he spent the day before just sleeping, I wanted us to do something fun if he felt like it.  So we ended up going to Chuck E Cheese for lunch.  Pearce did eat a piece of pizza and had fun, but he still wasn't quite 100%.  We came back and played some more and even went on a Halloween Hunt that night.  Pearce sat in the back seat with GG and I drove us around to look for Halloween decorations.  Pearce LOVES doing this!  We played some more that evening and Pearce even slept with GG that night :)  The next morning, I was getting Pearce dressed for the day and GG was getting her things together to leave to go back to Little Rock.  I noticed Pearce had a bumpy, red rash all over his back and chest.  He has never gotten a rash like this before and he never gets anything other than just a fever when his fever syndrome starts.  So I made an appointment with his doctor for 2:00 that afternoon.  We said bye to GG and watched her leave.  As soon as she pulled away, Pearce just started crying and crying :(  It's always so fun when family comes to visit, but so hard when they have to leave.  By the time we left for the doctor, Pearce's rash had gotten more red and bumpy and had spread to his face and a little on his legs.  At the doctor, as soon as the nurse saw him, she wanted to do a strep test.  He was so good for that.  Finally, Dr. Sperling walked in and told us he had strep throat!  He has been tested for strep so many times when we were trying to figure out why he was getting fevers.  He never once tested positive for strep....until now.  So then Dr. Sperling looked at his rash which by now had spread to his arms and neck and she said "Oh my gosh, this is Scarlet Fever."  I was like, what????  She said it is somewhat rare, but that some kids just have a bad reaction to the strep bacteria.  So, he was prescribed an antibiotic and I was told he was extremely contagious and that he needs to stay inside until 24 hrs after he starts his antibiotic....SORRY CHUCK E CHEESE PEOPLE!!!  Pearce fell asleep on the way home from the doctor and after we got his medicine, we just took it easy that evening and all day Saturday.  What's funny is that other than not being a big eater, he never really acted like he felt all that bad...his only bad day was Wednesday when he came down with the fever.  So strange!  Thankfully now, Pearce is all better and always took his medicine like a champ....AND GG and I never got sick from him!  We had fun with you GG!!!!

GG made chicken chili for us one night and Pearce helped her cook :)

Poor sick baby :(

The rash that started Friday morning.

Going to get his medicine at the store....you would never guess he was just diagnosed with strep and Scarlet Fever!