Scarlet Fever

we can add another illness to the baby book. Cooper had Scarlet Fever last week. After a fantastic long weekend of playing and general happiness we noticed a rash on Cooper's belly. It didn't seem to be bothering him at all so we just chalked it up to rolling around in the grass or something. Just to be sure we made him a last minute appointment at the doctor's. The next morning the rash looked better - less raised and red - so we took him to school and canceled the appointment. A couple hours later the school called. We needed to come pick up Cooper. He's not allowed back in his classroom until we have a note from the doctor explaining the rash. It got a little sticky since Chandler and I both had pretty busy days and no real options. I had to leave in the middle of a big meeting/workshop to go get him. I took him to the doctor and to everyone's surprise the rash was from the streptococcus virus (also causing strep throat). He walked away with another 10 days of antibiotics since his ear infection hasn't gone away yet.
The good news is that he never acted sick or had a fever. The doctor even remarked that she didn't think it would be strep since he's not acting sick at all. He only once or twice complained that his ear hurt. I'm ready for spring to spring and these germs to be gone.