Iris all blotchy.

Iris is not in hospital!
Sorry, i just re-read the post and it does sound like she is in hospital, but she's not. The hospital sent us home straight away and told us to keep her in for a few days in case it is measles, but it's not, her blotches have come down now.
All is well.

Last night we noticed that Iris had a blotchy forehead, a little worrying but her temperature was down so we thought she was probably ok and hopefully the blotchy rash would have disappeared by morning.
In the morning it had spread down her face and her neck, so we thought we should get it checked out. By the time we got to A&E it was down both her front and her back.

Iris was examined by a nurse and we were moved to a room all on our own just in case it was measles. When the doc turned up he said although all the symptoms suggest measles, her general state of mind doesn't, she was too happy and smiley. Apparently with measles you should be thoroughly miserable. They are doing tests and will let us know soon.

Hopefully it isn't measles but just her nasty virus making it's way out of her through her skin, or it's another entirely non-related virus which just happens to look like measles symptoms. Whether it is or it isn't, she has to be kept in for around 3/4 days so as not to spread whatever it is to anyone else.

Above is a really rubbish photograph i took on my phone trying to capture the blotches but it doesn't capture them at all, all you can see it a bit of a red mark on her forehead.

Oh by the way Iris was weighed at A&E and she is now 8.38kg with all her clothes on and a tummy full of 3 days poo. (i know this because about 45 mins later she did lots of the stuff whilst she was nappy free, we were trying to catch a urine sample)