Out in ' ' as I am NOT going to the shops, tesco, mother and toddler, nursery, school, doctors, or taking her out clubbing.
Just in case anyone wanted to have a go about that...have read lots of threads and know how that goes!
I know how dangerous CP can be, I know we can't go near anyone, but I am also not a worrier and tend to be an optimist, so might need a reality check.
DD has CP, absolutely covered, but has barely registered it. She is nearly 2, is in great health and apart from a snotty nose and cough, plus a bit less sleeping at night, seems fine.
I am actually happy she has it, I wanted it over with, and I am on half term from today, she has had them since Tuesday so it has been minimum disruption which is great. We are confined to the house, she is starting to scab over on the first few, although there have been about 50 appearing since yesterday.
Fully prepared it might last all week and beyond, which is fine. BUT we have a holiday cottage booked in wales, from Sat. It was a present for MIL and FIL, who live in Ireland and rarely see DD, they are getting the ferry over. We were going to spend the week together, and have a nice relaxing week, no plans, walking etc, possibly a visit to a few villages and pubs.
The travel insurance wont pay up to refund the cottage, paid in full, as we obviously could still go, as far as they are concerned.
The cottage is isolated, in the pembrokeshire park. Nearest village ages away. We do have two other holiday lets next to it, no idea how close, but I am thinking that the likelyhood of DD coming into contact with anyone if we keep her in the house is just as much a worry as here - where we might have people knocking at the door for example, and live on a very busy street, in a town. At least there we could attempt a couple of isolated walks, with her in the buggy with the raincover on, and one of us waving a flag and shouting 'The Pox, the Pox, the child has the Pox' or a play in the garden - obviously would warn the other holiday cottage inhabitants and if they were at all worried/at risk would keep her in.
There will be four adults to entertain her, and hopefully PIL would stay in one evening so we can go out - they don't drink and we have to cope with them so we do so they wouldn't begrudge us that. We can even take it in turns to go out if we all have cabin fever.
SO am I mad? I cannot think of anything else that would be a worry, we wouldn't get her out of the car on the journey up, apart from a quick stretch at the far end of a services car park.
I am being selfish, if we stay here, I will go mad, as DH will just go to work as usual, there would be no point in a holiday where we can't go out as a family. If we stay here I would only end up cleaning and working, if we are there I have no internet (not sure how I am going to cope) but have sewing and reading and sleeping and drinking relaxing to do.
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Chicken Pox and going 'out'
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missmakesstuff · 09/02/2012 10:32
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