Mildly nasty little enterovirus. Toddlers drool, drop food and toys on the ground and pick them up, put any odd thing in their mouths and generally have no idea of hygiene. Perfect vector, these kiddies. Poor kid had textbook symptoms: fever, irritability, malaise, loss of appetite, red sore patches in the mouth, a day of diarrhea and when the fever broke he developed red spots on his arms and legs. He bounced back today and the spots should disappear in a few days.

You may recall that the last time Nathan was sick he passed it on to me. I must be lucky, he got me again. I understand why he was cranky, it’s pretty miserable, like having a mild flu but with a sore throat. Maria, fortunately, has not come down with it.