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Paranoid we'll be kicked out the theatre!

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SpotsAreAppearing · 29/05/2019 21:48

My DD is finally over the chicken pox. (Broke our on Friday Sunday was pure hell for her, poor girly, but yesterday she was almost herself, no new spots and blisters all scanned. And today she's been so happy and bright.

Great timing as we have tickets for her favourite west end show tomorrow. And she'd have been devastated to miss it.

Problem is - and I will admit I'm a worrier - she still has a lot of scabby red pox on her face/neck.

It's just her and I going so she'll be next to a stranger, and of course in crowds to get in.

Now, I'm confident she's no longer contagious, is already discussed giving the tickets to friends if she hadn't have recovered in time.

But I'm worrying either the theatre will say "no" or someone there will complain about her?

I'm just being crazy, right?

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SpotsAreAppearing · 29/05/2019 23:06

Oh that's a good idea.

Not sure anyone will be on the phone before we arrive. But maybe I'll say when we pick up the tickets from the box office.

We have very good seats, but I guess if they have a box or anything free they could move us in case people are worried. X

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SpotsAreAppearing · 29/05/2019 23:07

111 is also a good idea. Thank you. X

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MyDcAreMarvel · 29/05/2019 23:08

I just can’t see how she can stop being contagious that quickly.
My ds spent a week in hospital as a baby with chicken pox , infected high temp and other complications.
It’s not always a mild illness.

ButtonMoonLoon · 29/05/2019 23:10

Oat baths and poxyclin mousse worked wonders on my daughter - some of her spots were scabbing over within a few days of coming out. She was fine by day 6 but I took her to the Doctor to confirm that she really wasn’t contagious any more and spoke to the school nurse before taking her back to school.
So from what you’ve said all should be fine but I would still check her thoroughly in the morning just to make certain that you’re not putting anyone at risk.
Enjoy the show :)

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SpotsAreAppearing · 29/05/2019 23:11

No. It's not always a mild illness. But it's also not always a hugely serious one.

She didn't have a temp at all. Company's have only been about itching and that she hates me putting the Poxclin on. No aches/sickness/fever.

Had a cough/cold last week but that had cleared up by last Wednesday.

She was at school and the cinema with the cold. So I'm sure if she was going to spread it that's when she would have.

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Sizeofalentil · 29/05/2019 23:11

I wouldn't be happy to see someone with chickenpox out and about and would either leave or ask to be moved rather than risk my DD catching it.

I'm not saying this to be mean or to ruin your fun, but this is how I feel.

Leighlo · 29/05/2019 23:12

Go ahead and take her. She’s not contagious any more and that’s all you need to say. If they don’t know how chicken pox work they can google it. If you’re really worried why not try cover them with makeup or ring the theatre in advance and check with them?

Fedoratheexploreer · 29/05/2019 23:12

The NHS website states that chickenpox is no longer infectious after the spots have crusted over, which is usually 5 days after they first appeared. So that doesn’t seem too soon to me. As long as she’s stabbed over then she is no longer contagious and it will be fine. Just explain it to anyone who asks.

Isatis · 29/05/2019 23:12

I’ve never know them to scab over in less than a week. Much more like 10 days

DD had chicken pox quite mildly and scabbed over within around 5 days.

nokidshere · 29/05/2019 23:16

If the spots have all scabbed over then she is fine. You have no need to explain to anyone.

The amount of people you might encounter with a compromised immune system AND who haven't had chickenpox is relatively small. Maybe one or the other, but not both. And in a theatre full of people there is no way of knowing how many of them might have come into contact with chickenpox at any point, in any place, in the past 10-21 days.

I have 3 autoimmune diseases, I am further compromised by the drugs I take for them. I am also a childminder. But the risk is low because I have already had chickenpox and you cannot get shingles from someone who has chickenpox.

InTheEndgameNow · 29/05/2019 23:16

Both my kids were scabbed over after five days. It's really not that unusual.

I think you'll be fine OP. Most people won't even notice.

ZebrasAreBras · 29/05/2019 23:26

If you are genuinely sure she is no longer contagious, cover them up with makeup.

Swishswish26 · 29/05/2019 23:35

Why don’t you ring the theatre first and explain? We had tickets to a show in a large arena last year when my dd was only just scabbed over. They let us into the private bar area for free before the show which was so kind of them and meant no-one as staring at her in the queue.

BlackPrism · 29/05/2019 23:38

I'm not sure anyone would comment. My eczema often appears as scabby disks

Northernlurker · 29/05/2019 23:39

For goodness sake you don't need to call the theatre or cover her up. She's not infectious. That's all there is to it! This site has absolutely no common sense where chicken pox is concerned.

user1471453601 · 29/05/2019 23:40

Dear great niece flew to another country t oday, six days after contracting chickenpox. Dear n

exWifebeginsat40 · 29/05/2019 23:41

when my DD was 3 she broke out in horrendous chicken pox two weeks before a holiday to the Canaries. it was touch and go, but we got a doctor’s letter confirming she was fit to fly.

we arrived at check-in, letter in hand, with a small girl who was covered in scabby pox. they didn’t even blink, no need for a doctor’s note, just checked us in and away we went.

these days, i am immuno-compromised, but honestly if i stopped to worry about everything i could catch from anyone i meet in a day, i wouldn’t get anything done. if she isn’t infectious, then it’s nobody else’s business.

user1471453601 · 29/05/2019 23:43

Sorry, interrupted and posted prematurely. Niece flew with a doctor's note certifying that child was fit to fly and was not contagious.

Houseofmirth66 · 29/05/2019 23:46

Yes Yorkshirepuddingsaregreat, I bet the girl with eczema was delighted you’d asked whether she had chicken pox 😂. Must have made her day. And what, out of interest, would you have done even if she had. Seeing as you were on a plane. Still, you felt better so that’s the main thing.

YorkshirePuddingsGreatestFan · 30/05/2019 20:34

It was when we were boarding the plane. If it was chicken pox and she was infectious, I'd have raised it with cabin staff as I wouldn't be able to travel next to her.

I could be seriously ill and could even die if I catch chicken pox. If I come into contact with anyone with it, I have to go to hospital for antiviral treatment.

nokidshere · 30/05/2019 21:04

I could be seriously ill and could even die if I catch chicken pox. If I come into contact with anyone with it, I have to go to hospital for antiviral treatment

How do you manage that given that the person is infectious before the spots even appear? And it's airborne so you might not see someone with it but they could still be spreading it around?

Sorry, genuinely interested not being goody.

starsparkle08 · 30/05/2019 21:22

Hope you had a fantastic time at the theatre

LuckyAmy1986 · 30/05/2019 21:22

Did you go OP? Hope all was fine and she enjoyed the show

Gth1234 · 30/05/2019 21:24

why not call the theatre and see if you can change the tickets

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SpotsAreAppearing · 30/05/2019 21:45

We went. Had a fab time as ever.

One dirty look while queuing for the loo before the show started, but could have just been the woman's natural face.

Chatted to the families either side of us, they even chatted to DD about her pox and had stories of when their kids had it etc. So was nice to know no one around us was concerned and those behind would have heard us confirming she was no longer contagious.

No negativity at all. Was clear to see she was feeling well and was clearly scabby so I needn't have stressed really.

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