To be panicking slighty about chickenpox and going abroad?

[PoxAlert]

Long time lurker, finally feel like I need to post.

DD (5) best friend was sent home from school last Wednesday with Chicken Pox.

We are due to go away to Spain for the long weekend Friday-Monday.

We've got insurance, I'm going to pack Poxclin, calpol and liquid piriton in the suitcase. But obviously the idea of her being unwell in the heat and us being stuck out there isn't a nice one!

On the other hand it might not happen.

She started with a cold yesterday and is pretty snotty and croaky voice/sore throat. So of course this has kicked my panic up a gear, but it's only a week since friend was at school pre-spots. And she didn't get the spots until 15 days after her little sister came out in them. So DD could have it but no symptoms until we're home from holiday.

In a way I'd much rather she just got spotty today and then I can get on with cancelling and trying to get some money back etc.

Just being stuck in this limbo sucks, and I know all weekend I'm going to be looking for spots!

Any words of wisdom for me?

No wisdom, but she might not get it, she might not get it yet. DD had pix and DS broke out 22 days later.

Theres quite a long incubation period with chickenpox.

If dc has caught it fro their best friend then it will be 2-3 weeks until you get spots.

If dc has caught chickenpox the same place as best friend....then they should come out roughly the same time though may not seeing as it was last wed they got theirs.

weve had pox go round school a few times, even my dc best friend had it and they didnt get it. so your dc may not even get it.

Thanks ladies, this is what I was hoping you'd all say!

DD definitely didn't get it when her friend did as it was her little sister that had it so we cancelled our Easter Holiday playdates at their house as we had this trip coming up.

(Her friend already had CP as a baby so mum was very surprised when she got it again and now the poor woman feels awful that she exposed the class at school as she just assumed her daughter was now immune)

it went round at DD pre-school last year and we escaped it, so I'm hoping we could maybe again - little friend didn't have a cough/cold with it, so she may not have passed it in the air etc.

Just this cold DD has suddenly got has set me even more on edge! Normally I'm all packed for a trip a week in advance but I've not even got the case out yet!

It might not happen. My oldest skipped it twice when kids in her class had it.

Chickenpox usually has a 2 week incubation period from first appearance of spots. So you should be ok (just)

No spots yet but cold still rough. Poor thing, hope it clears before Friday.