Is it good or not?

31/10/2011 by spindlygiraffe.

Phew - hand foot and mouth disease done and dusted.  Two children and husband inflicted is not a great household to be in!  James’ skin was awful.  Huge cornflakes of skin fell off.  I know some suffer with that all the time, I am not used to it.  Shaking the lumps of skin out the window before being able to wash the sheets.  Finding trails from wherever he had been.

Anyway, much better.  Keeping my fingers crossed that his feet heal without trace of eczema on them.  His hands were completely raw.  It looks so much better now.  I don’t worry about him breaking the skin open by holding things now.  Good timing over half term.  I know others in the class got it.  Sorry to them.

His face is great.  We have got back on to protopic 0.1% again.  We’re back onto the steroid creams too.  It is not shifting it though.  I guess it is preventing it from getting worse.  I wonder if it is better to blast it with a stronger cream and have a few days off, then repeat as and when, or use a milder one constantly?

Thankfully he is looking forward to returning to school tomorrow.  I don’t think he knows what to say when people ask him about his skin.  A wee friend asked him at school before half term, he froze to the spot and I explained it was just where he was itchy.  Wee boy pottered off again quite happily.  James’ confidence is coming on so well, I could really do without it being knocked!

Is his skin good or not at the moment?  Hard to say, not bad but not great.  Keep on with the creams and wait for the weather to change so we have the heating on to test his resilience.

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