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When chicken pox isn’t mild - 13 month old hospitalised - anyone else ?

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oopsiedaisydoo · 28/05/2023 13:16

Hi,

My 13 month old daughter has chicken pox (thanks for 3yo bro 🫣) . Yesterday she was hospitalised with a secondary infection in her groin due to infected pox , dehydration and just generally being very very poorly , she’s currently on fluids -and antibiotics. I’ve honestly never seen her so poorly and looking at her I can’t even recognise her because she is covered in infected spots all over. She is also on morphine 😞

i honestly cannot believe chicken pox can be this severe , especially when the NHS website states that chicken pox is a ‘mild illness ‘ .

i guess , I’m just wondering whether anyone else has been in this situation with their little one and ending up in hospital ?

my heart is breaking for her - can’t sleep or eat because she looks and is acting so poorly.

don’t want to start a vaccination debate but I really really would of have my daughter vaccinated (have to pay ) if I knew it could be this severe . Although I know its not given to under 1’s so she probably wouldn’t of been able to have it in time anyway .

thanks for reading if you got this far 🙏

OP posts:
Thequeenofwishfulthinking · 29/05/2023 09:35

One of mine was the same OP. She had over 60 spots on her face alone! She has eczema and that made it worse. She got an infection too and was hospitalised for nearly a week.
She will start feeling better soon.

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