Wednesday, January 25
Apologies for the blog break
We've been out of commission for a while due to virus upon virus, either one of the kids or me. It seems we contracted 5th's disease, named for the 5th virus found. It is also known as the slap cheek virus because the cheeks are so red they appear to have been slapped. I remember Matthew having this when he was about 6, so he did not get it, but all five children did and I did as well. It is a basically harmless virus for normal children, but it can cause problems for children with red blood cell diseases and also can cause miscarriages in pregnant women during their first trimester. In adults, yea for me, it causes arthritis. Going on two weeks now, it is really awful. Mostly in my hands and up to my elbows. I will be seeing a rhumatologist soon because it isn't getting much better. I do hope it is a result of the virus, though it could be something else. So, we are FINE, just been a little under the weather. Continue to pray for this arthritis thing, it is difficult to deal with when I am so busy doing during the day.
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Hi, Rhea - the SmockLady here (I think you know who I am). I know all about the Fifth's Disease. I had it while pregnant with our 3rd (also an Abigail - great name, huh?). It was rather scary. That pregnancy was a rough one and some of the worst pain I have ever been in. We almost lost our girl a few times, we were preparing for a trip to Nashville for an intra-uterine blood transfusion to prevent her heart from failing (she was fighting possible congestive heart failure). God spared us that, yet it was still a very scary 27 weeks. She was premie as a result of the virus and the need to induce delivery, but once we were separated we both got better.
I do hope you are all feeling better too. It's not a fun thing to go through although relatively harmless to most folks. Hey, I've not met another adult to have it as it's basically a toddler virus, but those are also worse on adults than they are on children. Take care of those joints, mine eventually got better.
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