measles shmeasles

I decided to work on something until a pretty late hour one night and just as I was about to hit the bed, I heard whimpering. The little-girl was sitting up, a bit weepy, a very sore throat and having a 39.1 temp. The panic begins.

Past weeks, there had been several cases of German Measles (presumed) and each of the little-girl's classmates were getting hit one by one. We thought she'd already outlasted this strain but apparently not...and with the wife's condition it was a very risky predicament.

Tried to get her to the doctor but her regular pedia was out of the country and I couldn't get around work. As the day progressed, the rashes started coming out and we were really on the assumption it was German Measles already. I shouldn't have left them alone as the wife really had to be physically away from the little girl but I just had no choice. In any case, went back home as soon as I could, got an appointment for the girl with a different doc and got the news we'd been hoping for. It wasn't measles... it was pharyngitis and apparently, the rashes were a normal symptom. Whew!!! The little-girl was ecstatic - 'Yey! I don't have to stay away from mommy!'