Thunderstorms, clean cars and the Measles

I am sure you are wondering what the Measles, thunderstorms and a clean car have in common but if you ever assume your child has the measles make sure your car is clean and it isn't raining. for the past few days Slade has had this unexplained rash all over his body so I decided to call the Dr. for our weekly visit....Wait, this is our 3rd visit since last Monday, my oh my, how time flies when you are having fun! When I explained to them about his rash they asked me if he has been to NW Iowa in recent days. I explained that he was in Central Iowa and apparently that was close enough for the Doctors to start freaking out. They told me that his rash could be 1 of 4 things, Strep Rash, Viral Rash, Fifths disease or the Measles. Because of some small Measles outbreak in NW Iowa they were being extra careful and told me that when I come to the visit they wanted me to go into the infamous back entrance and a Doctor would meet me out back. They didn't give many more details. What I didn't know was that their would be two doctors and a nurse all decked out in masks, camouflage and gloves (Maybe not camo)! They did the entire assessment in the back of my 5 x 5 Chevy Tracker in the pouring rain. They listened to his heart, lungs, checked his ears and nose and throat and assessed his rash over his entire body. I can only explain the situation as playing twister with two doctors, a nurse, a mom and a 15 month old screaming baby whom I doubt I will ever get to go in my car again. The reasoning for this was because if Slade had the Measles and were allowed to go into the office he would infect the entire office area, therefor the tests were all run in the back my car. After all of that they also needed to draw blood work from Slade so two more techs joined the party in the clown car so they could take a sample of blood to send to the State CDC. They ended up diagnosing him with Fifths disease with the possibility of Measles but they won't know until next week! So the moral of the story, at least my car was clean! Oh and apparently fifths disease is harmful to the fetus of pregnant mothers so I had to tell one of my friends and my sister who now need to get the antibodies test for fifths disease!