Hand Foot and Mouth Virus

After working Thursday night I got a call Friday morning from my mother telling me Max had been up most of the night not feeling well and running a fever. Luckily our pediatrician has urgent care hours early in the morning so we got to take him to the pediatrician right after I got home from work. He got diagnosed with the hand, foot and mouth virus which is a very common virus in children. He has a few sores on his throat which explains why he has been so cranky. Basically you treat them with Motrin and Tylenol while the virus runs it's course. The good news is when I complained to the nurse practitioner about not being able to get Max in for an autism evaluation until the end of Sept. they agreed to make a few phone calls. Before we even got home I got a call saying he had an appt on June 22nd at a new pediatric specialty clinic that has just opened. I also got a call from Children's Mercy hospital later that day and they are sending out some paperwork for me to fill out to see when they would be able to see him.