The Zoo and the measles!!

Saturday was the first adventure to the zoo for Maggie. Maggie was looking and feeling pretty good so we thought we'd join the fun. Thanks Grandma and Grandpa for taking us to the zoo, it was fun, rain and all.

 Some where back there, there is suppose to be an ostrich

 

 Looking back, probably not the most comfortable seat for Maggie, but hey anything to be with the girls!

 I really like this picture....this is when it decided it was going to rain... I think a big drop hit her right in the face, but I had to get a pic with the baby elephant...so cute!!!

Unfortunately, poor Maggie wasn't feeling as great as we thought, not too long later she decided to have a little episode. She just gets so upset that she can't clear her throat and then it just tailspins from there. When we visited our pulmonologist, he was pretty convinced that she never really had a second cold. Rather she aspirated her saliva, getting it into her lungs, which cause the little collapse and all the reoccurring fevers. Well, we're pretty sure that's what happened again at the zoo because later on that evening she had another fever, 104.4 fever to be exact. She was miserable. We have got to get these secretions under control!!

That evening, a little rash appeared on her tummy. She has super sensitive skin so that's what we chalked it up to be. However, by Sunday afternoon her fever had gone, but her rash got worse. She actually woke up with a red eye and the rash on her face. Later on it looked like this all over her front and back...

It's hard to see, but it looks just like the measles! We are pretty sure Maggie is having a reaction to her MMR that she got on September 1st! We looked it up, it happens in about 5% of people 7-12 days after, but usually it's just the rash. When we looked at the symptoms of measles we were amazed at how many (basically all of them!) we could check off...
Rash - check
Fevers - check
Diaherra - check
Bloodshot eye - check
Muscle pain - check (she has been so sensitive to her therapists, maybe this is why)
Cough - check
Runny nose - check
Sore throat - check (can't be for sure because she can't tell us, but you can tell)

Crazy! No wonder she hasn't been herself lately. I had no clue this was a possibility of the immunizations, so I wasn't looking for it. Dumb me, I guess. I hope this has been the whole issue and once this passes we can begin anew. Whoever made up that saying, " when it rains, it pours" well they weren't kidding. Just one thing after another. Maybe they are all related caused by one another, or totally coincidental, we'll never know. 

Cross my fingers, I think we are heading to the clear now. Her rash looks so much better tonight, no fevers, but I've said it before and next thing we know something else pops up. Let's see what's next!