Ok, so Wednesday night after bath time, I noticed some bumps on the top of Paul's back, but I thought it was just dry skin. On Thursday, I noticed it looked like an actual rash and by last night (Thursday) it was a full blown rash all over his upper and lower back. We went to the doctor this morning and we are glad to know that it is NOT contagious and cannot be spread from one person to another (we didn't think it was, but we wanted to be sure). And, the best news is that he is fine! He just has something called swimmer's itch, which produces a rash in the skin and will eventually go away on its own. There is no medicine or anything that he can take, we just have to wait. It may or may not get worse before it gets better and apparently, the way to get it is from "contaminated" water. At first, I thought it could have been the pool or the sprayground at the park, but we really don't know where he got it from b/c supposedly the larvae (I know gross) that causes it doesn't generally live in chlorinated water. Also, water that was "contaminated" one day may not be "contaminated" the next, so for now we just wait for it to go away. For all we know, he could have gotten this in our backyard from standing in the ditch. All we know is he feels fine, there is nothing seriously wrong, and he is doing great with not itching it!
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