I've got a mystery for you.

[Liberty Belle]

Today, one of the kids at school came up to me concerned that he was turning blue. I looked at his hands and it looked like a marker or pen had broken in them. I assured him that it was from something he touched, not coming from the inside and I sent him to wash his hands.

Later, during Library, he came up to me and said it was getting worse. I looked at his hands and, indeed, they were bluer. I had him pull out his pockets and they were white, no ink in them. I looked around and didn't see any ink or markers or anything.

He then mentioned that it was on his shoe. I had him take his shoe off and the bottom of his sock was completely blue/black. He stepped down on the library carpet and left a dark mark. He took off his other shoe and it was the same way.

When we got back to the classroom, he took off his socks and his feet were covered in the "ink." We asked him if he walked through anything he said no (actually he said he thought he walked through something blue when he was three - he's in second grade now).

Any ideas what this could be? At first I thought there was a freak accident at home and some ink or something fell into his shoe, but both shoes?!

 

[Luv'sTink]

Was it the color coming off of his shoes? Were his shoes dry otherwise?

 

[Miz Diz]

Well, until you said his foot left a dark mark on the carpet, I thought he had Raynaud's Syndrome. My dd has Raynaud's and the daycare and I freaked out when the first time her hands turned blue and were ice cold.

 

[chisnpeke]

I have Raynaud's syndrome. My hands and feet never turned blue though, just white.

I read an article in People about some man that had blue skin. It turned that way, he wasn't born with it.

 

[pepperw23]

I got nothin'

 

[Dismom+two]

 

[breezy1077]

Is he from Michigan? I heard they bleed Maize and Blue....maybe the Maize will show up tomorrow.

JK.....I don't know.

 

[Alex2kMommy]

Was it the color coming off of his shoes? Were his shoes dry otherwise?

that was my first thought. years ago i met some kids who were wearing brand new suede sneakers, one with a red pair, the other bright blue. when they took their shoes off, their feet were stained with the shoe color.

I read an article in People about some man that had blue skin. It turned that way, he wasn't born with it.

that was from years of ingesting colloidal silver.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,317564,00.html

 

[WDWBarb]

That is just ... weird. I so want to know how this one will turn out!!!

Wildcat Blue, here in Kentucky... hmmm....

 

[rentayenta]

I don't know what it could be but I sure hope he's okay. Keep us posted.

 

[PrincessKsMom]

If not his shoes, maybe his socks? Maybe his mom did his whites with dark colors and the ink bled? Long shot but maybe he had on new gloves or a new coat with pockets that were a dark color? I wore a brand new pair of jeans once without washing them and never realized the ink bled onto my skin until I sat on the white toilet seat. When I stood up the toilet seat was blue!

 

[Miz Diz]

I have Raynaud's syndrome. My hands and feet never turned blue though, just white.

I read an article in People about some man that had blue skin. It turned that way, he wasn't born with it.

some people turn white. My dd turns purplish/blue and in the beginning - before she was diagnosed and we knew how to take care of it, her fingertips would turn black.

My aunt had Raynaud's and her hands turned white, too.

 

[mommy*RN]

I'm wondering if he colored in his shoes?? My son has been known to cause some damage with a sharpie marker. Once he and my dd decided to "face paint" each other with crayola markers. What a mess! Maybe this boy did something like that...

Just my guess!

 

[teacups]

My first thought was: he was wearing socks, or maybe even barefoot and he stepped in something at home, not knowing it and then put his shoes on. You know those little color tablets your kids dissolve in the bathtub? My son dropped one on the bathroom floor, it eventually floated to a small puddle of water from the tub... and there was DARK BLUE on the bottoms of our feet.

It doesnt sound medical. It sounds like a clumsy kid. (Unless Im reading it wrong.)

 

[Tinijocaro]

When I have new jeans on, and if they are a dark blue, my hands usually get blue, but not the bottoms of my feet.

 

[Liberty Belle]

My first thought was: he was wearing socks, or maybe even barefoot and he stepped in something at home, not knowing it and then put his shoes on. You know those little color tablets your kids dissolve in the bathtub? My son dropped one on the bathroom floor, it eventually floated to a small puddle of water from the tub... and there was DARK BLUE on the bottoms of our feet.

It doesnt sound medical. It sounds like a clumsy kid. (Unless Im reading it wrong.)

No, definitely not medical. I should have been more clear. It was obvious that he was touching something inky with his hands (which I'm assuming he put in his shoes or on his socked feet, for some reason).

I hadn't thought about the bathtub thing. That would make sense. He either wasn't aware that he stepped in something or he forgot or was lying, but he seemed sincerely worried that he was turning blue (poor thing), so I don't think he was lying. He's a very absent-minded child, and easily distracted, etc., so he could have forgotten.

 

[KristaTX]

Did he have on brand new jeans or pants? I had a high school student one day whose legs were turning blue, and we couldn't figure out why. It ended up that it was her new blue jeans that were discoloring her skin. If his jeans were new, maybe his socks rubbed them when he put his feet through the pants. And his hands naturally touched the pants more as the day progressed, making his hands bluer.

Maybe .

 

[Liberty Belle]

When I have new jeans on, and if they are a dark blue, my hands usually get blue, but not the bottoms of my feet.

His socks were saturated, so I don't think it's a matter of new slippers or socks or something bleeding onto his feet.

 

[themarquis]

lol ... interesting mystery!

My guess is that it originated on the bottom of his socks. Either he stepped on something inky at home or there was a pen that exploded in the wash and that saturated the socks.

At some point, he fiddled with or touched his socks or shoes and the ink got on his hands. He might not have remembered touching the socks or feet area -- maybe he was pulling up a sock or adjusting the shoe or something. He might have done this a couple of times, hence it seemed to keep "spreading" to his hands.