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OMG DS has chicken pox........ so so sorry Misdee!!!

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sparklymieow · 04/05/2005 20:47

he has been off school today with a temp. and when I was helping him get dressed for bed, we spotted a few spots, looked all over and he has them all over...... bugger!!!

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misdee · 04/05/2005 20:49

grrrrrrrrr

not your fault. 3 chicken pox scares in less than a week, and this one is the real thing.

Titania · 04/05/2005 20:51

can you send it over here?? I cant get my lot to have it for love or nor money!!! hope your little one gets better soon. misdee hope you are ok hun xxx

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sparklymieow · 04/05/2005 20:51

have put calamine lotion all over and Dh has been teasing him saying he is going to turn into a chicken.....

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kid · 04/05/2005 20:54

I saw a friend and her little girl last week and she had chicken pox. She warned me so I could keep my kids at a safe distance but I want them to get it while they are younger. I managed to get it when I was 14.

misdee · 04/05/2005 20:55

we cant risdk my kids getting it in case they infect dh. its a nightmare!!

Titania · 04/05/2005 20:55

course misdee. im sorry. i didnt mean it to sound like it did

kid · 04/05/2005 20:55

The spots don't show for 10 days or something do they? Sounds like an extra thing for you to have to worry about misdee

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sparklymieow · 04/05/2005 20:58

I have told DS to get close to his sisters tomorrow....

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misdee · 04/05/2005 20:58

just a risk we'll have to take. dh wont spend upto 2 weeks in hospital just in case they have it.

misdee · 04/05/2005 21:00

we thought dd3 had it at the weekend, turned out to be infected eczema, then on monday i was at my mums, and got a call yesterday saying that my aunt thought she had it, another false alarm. now mieows ds has definatly got it.

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sparklymieow · 04/05/2005 21:00

how long do the spot come out for? The have appeared today and some of them are close to blistering already.

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misdee · 04/05/2005 21:01

think new ones can appear for a day or 2, then they crust over.

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sparklymieow · 04/05/2005 21:08

just looked it up and DS would have been most infectious yesterday

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misdee · 04/05/2005 21:09

it'll be rife in school then

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sparklymieow · 04/05/2005 21:10

it already is... Ds said that two boys in his clas have had it.

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Shazzler · 04/05/2005 21:13

Is there a time of year the it comes out more because our area is full of it too.

We are in the Highlands.

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sparklymieow · 04/05/2005 21:15

must be, have avoided it so far, Ds is 7 so have done well, I was only saying to Misdee the other that none of my kids have had it.... spoke too soon...

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sparklymieow · 05/05/2005 07:09

should I send DD1 to school today, she isn't spotty but she has been exposed to it...???

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angelp · 05/05/2005 07:31

She won't be infectiou until a couple of days before the spots come out so if she has jut caught it it will be another week or two o fine to go to school today

Klara · 05/05/2005 14:24

misdee

Your DH can get vaccinated against chickenpox. I only know because I've been through this myself recently as i never had it as a child and with Ds at nursery I'm terrified he will bring it home to me. ANyway, they blood test you first to see if you have antibodies ( I do, which means I'm immune even though I have never had it), and if you don't have any you can be vaccinated. Apparently, 2/3 of all adults who have never had it are immune anyway, but it might be worth checking out

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Klara · 05/05/2005 14:28

God - sorry misdee - have just read your other thread. SHould have read that before I jumped in with my suewless advice....

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