Please forgive the delay in getting out newsletter No. 3. Meanwhile, the group continues to grow. At last count, the mailing list fell just shy of 100 names, from 25 states and from Canada, France, Spain, Germany, the Netherlands, Singapore and Malaysia.
Kawasaki parents keep asking how their experiences stack up against others in the network.
From where we sit, at least, encounters with this disease appear to run the full gamut. Some report exceptionally good luck. Carol Freed of Santee, Calif., said her physician had just returned from a seminar on Kawasaki and suspected it on Day 2. In other cases, especially in small towns where the disease is seen infrequently, the diagnosis proved more elusive. Shelly Hyatt-Blankman of Columbia, Md., said her son went 12 days until his symptoms were recognized.