We had big plans to do some hiking after visiting the Hot Creek Fish Hatchery. The place we wanted to hike to was listed as ‘an easy mile from Red Meadow’. We had no idea where Red Meadow is, so we were going to ask someone at the Fish Hatchery. Unfortunately, the Fish Hatchery was completely self-guided. There were no people to be found. We saw huge Rainbow Trout all crowded together in sections of a little stream. They had a little vending machine for fish food. When a bit of fish kibble was thrown in, the fish would swarm and look like a little riot. Max really enjoyed the Fish Hatchery. So we went to a park in Mammoth that a great play structure, swings (for both Weezy and Max) and a stream. We ate our late lunch there and played for over an hour. Then we came home, took naps, and got ready to go out again. But this time, Gran and GranDon stayed with the kids and Toby and I went on a dinner date to see Star Wars 3. We had a very relaxing date with some interesting conversation.
Weezy’s fever is gone, but now she is covered with little red dots, front and back. Actually, there were a few dots on her on Monday, but we thought that they were a mild reaction to having a fever. But by Tuesday morning, there are tons of red dots. Some are slightly raised, but most are flat. She doesn’t seem to mind them. They don’t appear to itch, and she seems relatively happy.
She is doing one thing though, she is banging her hands on the side of her head / her ears. Maybe she has an ear infection. But if she has the ear infection, I think she would be more uncomfortable more of the time. There was a lot of ear banging on Sunday night, but fewer and fewer in the days since, so we have basically ruled out ear infection. I am glad that we have eliminated this because according to the hospital in Mammoth, the only walk-in care is the emergency room. The Family Clinic is available by appointment only, and appointments can only be made during business hours.
Another suspicion is that it is the chickenpox, as a reaction to her vaccine she got about 2 weeks ago. But neither of us have heard of anyone getting full blown chickenpox from the vaccine so far after the vaccine. The warnings were all about redness, pain, swelling in the area surrounding the shot, and occurring right away. We did some research on the internet, and Toby discovered a disease that seems to match her symptoms nearly perfectly.
Roseola generally has 3 days of fever (Weezy had at least 2 days, she could have had the fever while we were driving, and we didn’t notice it) followed by spots on the neck and trunk. The website we looked at also mentioned ear pain and diarreha, which she also has. According to the website, Roseola has no treatment, and should generally run its course on its own. So, it seems the mystery is solved.