THe doctor thought MAYBE fifth disease, but the rash wasn't "right". My son had a high fever, tummy trouble, and developed a rash on his cheeks and chest and arms. I had a lower fever, tummy trouble, and a very pronounced rash on my face - the rash for both of us was not "flat and lacy" but looked more like contact dermatitis; i.e. little red bumps, some of them weepy.
FWIW I am in Richmond, not so far away from these folks.
No fever in my child has ever scared me more - smallpox was looming large in my mind at the time.