Reply To: Help with toddler HSV?

[Touley29]

Thank you for your input.
Yes I agree that it was not handled well. It was honestly the worst experience of our lives. Being in the hospital for 2 weeks with my 2 year old who they finally diagnosed with SJS after they couldn’t figure out anything else.
I’m not sure why they weren’t satisfied with FOUR negative PCRs. It’s like they were so confident it was herpes they just had to do a blood test. They basically told us, “Child does have herpes but is not having an active outbreak.”
Its absolutely infuriating. It has caused us so much stress and heartache and depression. It could have destroyed our marriage because when a child has HSV2 you automatically assume child abuse.
All of this because some doctor “wanted to be extra thorough”.