Every since my son was tiny he's has flare ups of coldsores and they get pretty bad. I mean half of his mouth, they used to spread down his chin, up towards his nose. Doctor has never helped bar telling us to use Zovirax. Hopefully today on our telephone appointment we might get virus suppressants but I don't know if children are allowed those.
Anyway he had a flare up at the weekend, and I know the NHS advice is children can go to school but I don't trust his hygiene management and he was quite distressed with how he looks. Children can be mean and he'd have been really upset if he was being teased. To make matters worse, on Monday he did that thing where you suck your lip into a bottle and end up with a massive bruise on his top lip so his face looks a state. I mean he looks like he's been punched and has blisters all over his mouth.
I'm usually strict with going to school, he rarely has any time off. It's now Wednesday and he still doesn't want to go back. His blisters have split so are scans (blood) and his bruise hasn't faded. It doesn't look AS bad but he thinks children will say he's the coronavirus monster.
His dad and my exmil are saying he's fine from photos but I also know how hard it was for him to settle into his new school and he had major anxiety for the first year after I left his dad.
I want to protect him from people associating him with the "lurgy" but education is important. He's been off two days and I'm just not sure, should I send him back today even if it would upset him? Do I wait for it to completely clear?