[Magdalen] prayers for little Wilson...

[Jay Weigel]

Poor Wilson! HFM is normally more miserable than serious, although there
can be complications. The worst that would normally happen to Wilson would
be that he could get dehydrated and end up in the hospital on IVs, which
would at least keep him away from baby Carter, but someone would have to
stay with him. Prayers that he feels better soon.

Good handwashing is essential and the best advice I can give is to isolate
not Wilson, but Carter, which will be easier since he's a small infant and
not mobile. Keep him away from Wilson until the blisters go away and Wilson
isn't coughing any more. This stuff is viral and spread by coughing, skin
contact, and feces.

Your friendly neighborhood RN(ret)

On Tue, May 30, 2017 at 6:13 PM, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Wilson, my 22 month old grandson has been diagnosed with hand, foot and
> mouth disease... He has so many blisters in his mouth he doesn't want to
> eat or drink and is running a high fever... Ali (his mom) has Carter the 2
> month old to worry about and the doctor said Ali and my son Nathan could
> very well get it also... No experience with this before.  Any one else?
>
> Meanwhile will you hold that little family in prayer? Thank you!
>
> peace
> Lynn
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