To take DS out trick and treating with chickenpox?

[Cherubneddy1]

DS 6 is more excited about Halloween than birthdays, Christmas, anything else. But he's woken up this morning covered in spots; clearly chickenpox.

WIBU to take him out trick and treating, on his own away from other children, if I kept him well back from people's' doors? He would genuinely be excited just to see houses all decorated ( and his sister could collect sweets for him.)

He is very well in himself.

Nokids, my mum is inmunodepressed and she had all the usual children's diseases when young and before her condition. At almost 65, she is not immunised anymore and no matter how many vaccinations you might put in her, they just don't create antibodies to last. One more reason to only knock on houses clearly dressed for Halloween, btw.

Immunosuppressed! **

My daughter is currently on day 12 in hospital nearly ended up in ICU and has been theatre twice so far and had another 14 days at least and another trip to theatre because someone thought it was appropriate to take their child to a ballet class with a infectious children’s illness

Please don't do it. I know he'll be disappointed, but he'll have other opportunities.

It's because parents of kids with Whooping Cough took them out that I caught it as an immuno compromised adult. It was not fun.

Do something at home. Please.

Oh for goodness sake of course the sibling can still go to school. Can you imagine if every sibling was kept off because they might have something? No one would ever be in school.

No you can’t take him trick or treating, have a fun evening at home doing something else. You might find he doesn’t feel that great anyway. Remember not to give ibuprofen.

And FFS can we stop with the ‘I caught shingles from someone with chicken pox’. No you didn’t. You can’t catch shingles.

Yabu and vvvv selfish. Also dont take his sister either. Seriously op...you could kill someone or make someone very ill by your selfish behaviour.

Thank you satsuma but it's a permanent state of affairs and I have no intention of locking myself away for the rest of my life. Hopefully other folk will be a tad more thoughtful and allow those of us who are immunosuppressed to be a part of society.

Is the OP an idiot?

Surely if you were ill or vulnerable you wouldn't be opening your door to strangers anyway?

Seriously??

Gilead, not sure anyone expects you to lock yourself away from society but surely you’d want to take responsility for your own health too and not answer the door unnecessarily if it put your health at such risk?

But his sister may only be Infected.

You know he is.

If you went near my mum you could kill her. And considering at the moment she's managing to stop the cancer doing that is appreciate it if other peoples want to trick or treat didn't do the job instead

I'm just going to make sure ds' hands are washed before we leave

Gosh, why has no one thought of that before? We can all just 'wash' chicken pox off and then there won't be a problem!

HildaZelda goodness don’t be silly. Just don’t breathe! It’ll be FINE

THE OP HAS GOT THE MESSAGE!

Just sayin...

Only if you want to do something completely cunty your kids feelings trump other people's rights to live.

• aunt to an immunosuppressed kid

There are some seriously unpleasant people on here tonight; perhaps Hallowe'en has brought all the witches out. I expect OP wishes she had just asked Dr Google. Hope your son gets well soon OP 

For any doubt regarding most at risk groups the below is very informative.

Pregnant women who are not immune to chickenpox are at risk from a type of life-threatening pneumonia if they catch chickenpox, especially in the later stages of pregnancy. About 3 in every 1000 pregnant women in the UK catch chickenpox. Between 1985 and 1998, nine pregnant women died in the UK from chickenpox complications.
Their unborn babies are also at risk from a rare condition called foetal varicella syndrome (FVS). This can result in serious long-term damage to the baby or even death, particularly if the mother catches chickenpox in the first 20 weeks of pregnancy. (Pregnant women who have had chickenpox are not at risk from chickenpox infection, and neither are their unborn babies.)

Babies around the time of birth (a week before birth to a week after birth) are at risk from a rare condition called disseminated varicella, in which the chickenpox virus spreads to internal organs. This is extremely serious and the death rate is high. They are also at risk of other complications including pneumonia.
The risks are highest for the infant if their mother develops chickenpox in the week before birth or in the first few days after birth, rather than if the baby catches it from another infected person after birth. This is because the baby is exposed to a bigger amount of the virus if it is their mother who passes the infection to them across the placenta.

Smokers who are not immune to chickenpox are at higher risk from a life-threatening form of pneumonia if they catch chickenpox.

People who do not have a fully-working immune system (for example, those with HIV, those without a spleen and those receiving chemotherapy treatment) are at risk from disseminated varicella, in which the chickenpox virus spreads to internal organs. This is extremely serious and can cause death. They are also at risk of other complications including pneumonia, meningitis and septicaemia (severe blood poisoning).

Don't know why people have such a hard time saying "no not a good idea because..."

Everyone is so over dramatic hurling insults left and right as if you asked whether murdering someone is okay. Gosh.

Why not it will save him dressing up :)
ok maybe not a good idea

Everyone is so over dramatic hurling insults left and right as if you asked whether murdering someone is okay. Gosh.

You know chickenpox can kill people, right?

OP, you must have known the response you would have received. Obviously you shouldn't but you already knew that.

MN is a strange world. Yes chickenpox can kill. Loads of things can kill. Many Kids are everyday in school carrying a disease of some kind (CP or otherwise) unaware of it. Thats tough for immunosuppressed People. But it cannot be helped. The OP's idea wasnt that stupid. After all the NHS Just says to keep the kids off school, doesnt say (as that i recall) not to visit the GP/health center - it says that for the flu i think.

the suggestions that the sibling should be kept off school 'just in case' or that people shouldnt go out for necessities with a child with CP are frankly much more ridiculous than the OPs question. even tho overall i would agree with the general response and not take a child out for this myself.

@oblada actually if you need to go to gp you are kept in a separate room .

My Ds also went to children’s a&e because they thought possible chicken pox was kept separate .

I agree sibling staying off school is a step to far .

Starlight - we went to the GP last year suspecting chickenpox for one of the Kids (they'd had it already 3 months before so i wasnt sure, didnt know it was relatively common to have it twice) and we were not told to not attend (we rang first) or kept separated from others in any way.