Measles on Good Friday

April 11th Malachi went to the doctor for his 15 month well visit.  During this time he received 5 shots because he was a little behind.  Yesterday (April 21st), I started to notice lots of little red bumps all over his chest, back, neck and face.  They were really light so I wasn't sure what they were.  The bumps kind of looked like chicken poxes.  I decided to call the doctor's office so I could talk to a nurse to see what she thought.  The nurse told me to bring him in because she couldn't diagnose it over the phone.  During the 15 month well visit, Malachi also was put on antibiotics because he had ear infections in both ears and the nurse said that the rash might be a reaction to the antibiotics.  I took him to the office and the doctor said it definitely was not chicken pox.  Her best guess was that the rash was a reaction to the MMR vaccine and that he had a mild case of measles.  And yes, he could possibly be contagious, especially around the immuniocompromised (people with weakened immune systems).  This morning when I got him out of bed, I noticed it was much worse.  Poor baby!  Luckily he doesn't have a fever and is acting completely normal.  The bumps don't seem to itch or really bother him, they just look bad. 



Eating breakfast

 A couple of body shots taken while getting dressed this morning:

The one below was taken this evening before bed.  His face got considerably worse during the day.

Good Friday

Today is Good Friday.  Many Christians around the world celebrate this day as a reminder of what Jesus did for them on the cross. 

Jesus himself was able to predict what would happen: 
Then Jesus and his followers left that place and went through Galilee.  He didn't want anyone to know where he was, becasue he was teaching his followers.  He said to them, "The Son of Man will be handed over to people, and they will kill him.  After three days, he will rise from the dead."  But the followers did not understand what Jesus meant, and they were afraid to ask.  (Mark 9:30-32)

An account of what happend on that day:
At noon the whole country became dark, and the darkness lasted for three hours.  About three o'clock Jesus cried out in a loud voice, "Eli, Eli, lama sabchthani?"  This means, "My God, my God, why have you rejected me?"  Some of the people standing there who heard this said, "He is calling Elijah."  Quickly one of them ran and got a sponge and filled it with vinegar and tied it to a stick and gave it to Jesus to drink.  But the others said, "Don't bother him.  We want to see if Elijah will come to save him."  But Jesus cried out again in a loud voice and died.  Then the curtain in the Temple was torn into two pieces, from the top to the bottom.  Also, the earth shook and rocks broke apart.  The graves opened, and many of God's people who had died were raised from the dead.  They came out of the graves after Jesus was raised from the dead and went into the holy city, where they appeared to many people.  Then the army officer and the soldiers guarding Jesus saw this earthquake and everthing else happened, they were frightened and said, "He really was the Son of God!" (Matt. 27:45-54)

Don't worry!  This is not the end of the story.  Jesus had to do this to take away our sins but he rose from the dead three days later.  This is why we celebrate Easter.