daycare and rashes... help diagnose my son

mommymegan831

I took DS for his 1 year check up Wednesday and he got 3 shots.  Friday we were back, he was sent home with a 102 fever and diagnosed w/ an ear infection.  We have him anitbiotics and motrin, but the fever kept up all weekend.  I stayed home yesterday, but the fever was gone and he seemed pretty good.  Today he's been pretty cranky all day and I noticed a rash on his belly tonight.

1) would daycare send him home for a rash?

2) any clue what's going on with him? 

soxvyanks

daycare will likely send him home for that.  i'd call the doctor, it could be an allergic reaction to the antibiptics.  That happened to my DD.  Went back to doctor, they wrote a note that it wasn't a contagious rash and changed meds.  All worked out quickly.  Good luck - hope your son feels better soon!

aglenn

It depends on your day care's policy, but it is possible they could send him home for a rash.  My DS got a head to toe rash from the chicken pox vaccine at 12 mths and he did get sent home from day care.  We knew it was from the shot (he is a sensitive boy and reacts to everything, and his pedi told us to expect the rash) but we still had to go pick him up and take him back to the pedi to be sure.  She wrote him a doctor's note so we could take him back, because it's not contagious.

The other possibility is roseola, which is a super common viral rash preceded by fever.  DS had this as well....we have been to the pedi a lot lately!  

LoCarb

My immediate thought was the chic pix vac. Both of my girls broke out in a rash a cpl days after receiving it. Also, they experience low grade fevers with vac. Hope it's just a reaction and nothing serious.

Clynnpollock

Likely to send him home... Might as well make the appt and take him in...

shannm

I would keep him home if he is being cranky.  If there is no fever, DC shouldn't send him home because of the rash, they are pretty common and benign with viral infections.  But I would call the pedi just in case it is a reaction to the meds.