The first of many I'm sure

Lydia is sick. Oh, I know, she's been sick before, but this is her first commonly caught by childrens disease that can be checked off a list. She has Coxsackievirus, commonly known as Hand Foot and Mouth Disease. We caught it pretty early...our doctor was actually pretty impressed with how quickly we noticed that "not all was right" in the world of Lydia.
For those of you unfamiliar with the disease...it's kinda like Strep Throat except it is untreatable. FUN. That means we just gotta ride it out. She is so tired and so hungry. But she won't eat because her throat is mad raw and sleeping is only something she does at the point of utter exhaustion for the same reason.
It kills me to see her crying. I hold her...and I try to soothe her. But she's just misreable. Then suddenly she's totally okay...then she's misreable again. Suffice it to say, it's gonna be a looooooong 5 days for her. I just hope I can make her as comfortable as possible.

BTW:The picture in not of Lydia. It's just coincidental the child in the picture is Asian. Those blisters are found in the mouth and on the hands and feet of the patient. Lydia has some on her throat and is beginning to show them on her tongue. She only has one on her hand so far--but this morning she had none on her tongue...so who knows what it will look like by tonight. My poor baby!!