Ringworm

Derek has ringworm! Don't know when or where he got it, but bless his heart he's got it! On Monday we were traveling to Arlington to go to Six Flags with the youth group. Derek was laying in my lap and I was playing with his hair. I noticed a large bald spot on his head and was inwardly freaking out! My first thought was alopecia (sp). One of our chaperones is a nurse, so I quickly consulted her and that was her first thought, too. Well, we took him to the doctor on Wednesday, which was Derek's 7th birthday, and he said it was ringworm. None of us have ever had this before. The doctor asked if he had been around animals and he hasn't. Mom and Dad took the grandkids to the lake last week and that's the only "out of the ordinary" thing he's done. We get the oral meds and find out he is allergic to them. His face was swollen, had a low grade fever, rash on his legs, chest, and back! So, we are on to another medication and this seems to be working fine. He has to take it for 6 weeks. I guess fungus is hard to get rid of! Tonight during his prayer at dinner he prayed for his hair to grow back fast. Sweet baby! The only good thing is there is a long layer of hair that covers the two bald patches. So when you see him you can't even tell.