Aibu to ask grandparent to help out

[HettyMeg]

3 year old DD has chicken pox.
DH and I both relied upon heavily at work. Both had to take time off last week for stomach bug she had. My colleague is on holiday and there is nobody else to do my work. DH's company is severely short-staffed.
Would it be unreasonable to ask grandparent to help us out if the itchiness has stopped but DD still needs to stay off nursery? Exclusion Period likely to be at least a week given when new spots appeared.
Edit: GP in question has had chicken pox in childhood but is in 70s so unsure if still immune? We have no other younger relatives.

I wouldn’t. For a GP, getting shingles can be very unpleasant.
Do you have any younger family members who could help?

Has the grandparents had chicken pox?
If yes then probably not unreasonable. If not then no.

Have they had their shingles vaccine?

You can’t get shingles from contact with someone with chicken pox.

https://www.nhs.uk/vaccinations/shingles-vaccine/

I would ask.
But I guess it depends on your family dynamic.

In ours we do what we can and there would actually be annoyance if they could've helped but weren't asked.

That's not to say they're always free due to work and other commitments but I'd not think twice about putting an SOS out.

It depends if the grandparent is free and is willing and able. If not, you’ll just have to take alternate days off.

Technically you’re right, but contact with chickenpox CAN reactivate the virus and shingles can ensue.
I wouldn’t risk it with an older person.

(I’m assuming they’ve had chickenpox, because if they haven’t the OP wouldn’t be considering it!)

Chicken pox can be absolutely horrendous in adults. My dad had it as an adult.

in an over 70 it could be really really bad.

you can ask, but they would be very very reasonable to say no.

Not according to any reliable source I've seen.

Have you got a link to support that? Want to be careful.

Where are you getting that information from?

They most likely have lifelong immunity if they had it as a child. Unless they only had a very mild case of it or are immunocompromised, it’s very rare to get it twice.

It was my understanding that shingles could not be caught from chicken pox but that you can catch chicken pox from shingles.

Yes, that’s correct.