15 month old has has snotty nose and cough for about 5 days. Today a slightly raised temp, but still under 38. He is pretty well in himself. Chickenpox is going round at his nursery.
Yesterday I spotted a couple of vague tiny red patches on his chest and back which disappeared by the evening.
Today the same.
I have cancelled a meetup with a friend and her 2 month adjusted preemie, but what should I do about the family lunch at 4pm today? And about tomorrow, and Christmas day?
My sister is 9 months pregnant. Google says if she has had chickenpox she and the baby would not be at risk. If she hasn't had them then and she has the baby within 5 days then she would be at risk of passing to the a newborn (very serious). Our mum is sure she's had chicken pox.
Under normal circumstances I'd obviously just sack the lunch off today, but my dad's brother, his wife, and nieces/nephews are all coming up from down south, and my dad has Dementia which is progressing quite rapidly. There might not be another opportunity for a lunch like this.
If it's clearly chickenpox I'll just cancel everything, but it isn't. How fast can you tell that it's pox? What would tell me that this definitely is/isn't chickenpox?