Michigan Vacation- Early Departure

Our family vacations are never complete without some kind of emergency situation. On Monday we went out to lunch and Chandler began complaining of his face itching and hurting. I looked and he had a small rash on his left cheek, so we stopped by Target and picked up some cortizone cream which seemed to help. The next morning when he woke up, his face had broken out into several blisters and patches of redness. I noticed that Carson also had what looked like a rash on his face as well. We located the nearest Urgent Care and took both boys in. The Dr. came in and looked at Chandler and seemed puzzled as to what it could be. He finally diagnosed him with contact dermatitis, saying that it was probably something that Chandler had come in contact with that he was allergic to, especially since it only appeared to be on the left side of his face. He said that Carson looked like he had it but not as bad. He also said that Carson definitely had croup. So he gave both boys a dose of steroids and prescriptions for croup and Chandler's dermatitis. Great. We thought all was good and the problem was solved. We took the kids to the Kalamazoo county fair later that night and Chandler seemed to be having a great time. He was a little insecure about the blisters on his face and felt like people were staring at him. I told him not to worry about it that he wouldn't ever see any of these people again, but I know it bothered him. It made me so mad when people just stared at him. I know it's human nature but part of me wanted to yell "What are you staring at?!" Again, it's the whole mama bear thing. We got back to the hotel late and the kids went straight to bed.
This morning (Wednesday), I went in and checked on Chandler and his face looked even worse. Charles agreed so we tried calling the Urgent Care place back. He talked to the nurse and she said she would call back in 15 minutes. In the meantime, Charles sent his mom a picture of Chandler's face. She in turn sent it to her friend who is a nurse. Her friend was working so she showed the picture to a couple doctors. They told her that Chandler needed to get to the hospital ASAP that it was NOT contact dermatitis. We decided that we would rather have him be seen at a hospital back home so the next hour we ran around packing everything up. The Urgent Care place had still not called back. We get on the road and Chandler was just miserable the whole way. We make it back around 7:30. It was about a 5 hour drive. Charles drops me and Chandler off at the hospital and then drove the other kids home. We get checked in an amazingly are called back in less than an hour. Charles gets back just in time. The Dr comes in, takes one look at Chandler and says that he definitely has Shingles. Shingles occurs in 20% of people who have had the chicken pox. Apparently once you have had chicken pox, the virus lays dormant inside you and can "awaken" at any time. When that happens, it's called Shingles. It involves the nerves as well and is usually in one particular area rather than all over like chicken pox. We told him what the Dr at the Urgent Care had diagnosed Chandler with and he was stunned. He said he was embarrassed to call the other Dr his colleague. Kind of harsh I thought but he was unapologetic. He said that it was quite obvious that it was shingles. I'm so glad we decided to come home. It upsets me to think that we could still be up there giving Chandler the wrong medication and him not getting any better. Oh and the Urgent Care still has not called back. Charles said he is going to deal with them once we make sure Chandler is all better. On the plus side Carson's rash cleared up, so we don't think his was the same thing. His croup cleared up as well.
Now we are back home and Chandler is resting comfortably thanks to Benadryl. It has been a loooong day so I am off to bed as well.