Invasion of the Coxsackie Herpangina!

Our kids have all caught this Coxsackie Herpangina. It hits them fast. First they get red checks, then a fever 101-103, then the throat gets red blisters. So we'll be down till our babies get better.
http://kidshealth.org/parent/infections/bacterial_viral/coxsackie.html

Coxsackievirus can produce a wide variety of symptoms. About half of all kids infected with coxsackievirus have no symptoms. Others suddenly develop high fever, headache, and muscle aches, and some also develop a sore throat, abdominal discomfort, or nausea. A child with a coxsackievirus infection may simply feel hot but have no other symptoms. In most kids, the fever lasts about 3 days, then disappears.

Coxsackieviruses can also cause several different symptoms that affect different body parts, including:

Hand, foot, and mouth disease, a type of coxsackievirus syndrome, causes painful red blisters in the throat and on the tongue, gums, hard palate, inside of the cheeks, and the palms of hands and soles of the feet.

Herpangina, (not a herpes virus) an infection of the throat which causes red-ringed blisters and ulcers on the tonsils and soft palate, the fleshy back portion of the roof of the mouth.