Hand, foot, and mouth disease is a common viral illness that usually affects infants and children younger than 5 years old. However, it can sometimes occur in adults. Symptoms of hand, foot, and mouth disease include fever, blister-like sores in the mouth (herpangina), and a skin rash. ( http://www.cdc.gov/hand-foot-mouth/about/index.html) Are you kidding me? Blister-like sores in the mouth? Why do things like this even exist? What purpose does an illness like this that just torments little babies (and their parents) serve? This stupid illness is currently 'running it's course' through my poor son. One week before his first birthday. Apparently it's 'going around' as the doctor so nicely explained. Fortunately we only had one really bad day where he was not eating or drinking much and was just miserable. He was back to his usually happy self in no time even with blisters in his mouth. So this week, while my husband is away for work in Chicago and ...
Oh, Parenthood is one of our favorite shows; the whole family enjoys this one. And you are right, it just hits home for so many people!
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DeleteI've really been wanting to catch up on Parenthood - I watched through the third season on Netflix, but I couldn't start watching the current season on TV because I didn't want to start in the middle . . . but everyone keeps talking about it and now I'm impatiently waiting for it to show up on Netflix. Argh! :-)
ReplyDeleteHi I'm visiting from the Fab Friday linkup. Glad to hear there's another Parenthood & Scandal fan out there. I haven't watched the episodes of both but plan to do so tomorrow :) Have a great weekend! -Jessica
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