no longer contagious (mostly)

i feel it's safe to reveal this problem.  now that jake is no longer contagious. 

jake had an alarming rash on his forehead.  then it spread to his arms.  then it spread to his nose.  the forehead was the worst though.  last night was pretty much my line.  when jake came home from football, his forehead was covered in bloody sores.  so off to kids care we went.

the diagnosis was impetigo, which is a staph infection of the skin.  it took the doctor exactly ten seconds to diagnose the problem and send us out the door with two prescriptions.  she may have also said that jake couldn't go to school or football today because he was very contagious.  anyone who has ever had kids play football knows that you can't miss football.  if you want to play in the next game that is.  so i made a totally irresponsible parenting decision.  i covered every sore with a bandage and sent him to football.  if he hasn't spread it by now (eight days after the first sore), he's not going to spread it when every sore is well covered.  and he used alcohol to clean all his football equipment.  he'll only be contagious for four more hours anyway. 

some of his friends on the football team suggested he go visit the logan high school team, our opponent this friday night.  they'd all like logan to get impetigo. 

i was a little worried that the doctor would report us because her husband is a teacher at bountiful, but then i realized that if she told him that she saw jake, diagnosed him with a contagious rash, and banned him from school for the day, she'd be violating hippa laws and i would for sure win that battle.