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Chicken Pox = Prison

NovBethNovBeth member
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Last week at our 6 month check up I noticed a few spots/marks.  The doctor and I both assumed that they were insect bites since we had been sitting outside in the grass the day before.  

The next day, daycare emailed me to let me know that LO had been running a fever all day and that I should come pick her up early.  When I got her home, I noticed more spots and thought that maybe she was having an allergic reaction to the vaccines so I looked down the back of her onesie and saw blisters!  I totally freaked the freak out!  

 I immediately called the pedi and was told to come in right away.  They had 3 doctors come in to look at her and hypothesized that it was chicken pox but wanted us to take Benadryl for the night to rule out hives.  We came back the next day...with more spots and blisters :( 

  We officially have chicken pox! I feel so bad for LO.  I feel doubly bad for all of the babies under 12 months that we have exposed.  I feel like we have the plague! We can't go anywhere until we have been cleared by the doctor.  She said that it "could" take up to 21 days before she can go back to daycare...WTF!!! 

It has been a week and I am getting stir crazy!  Sorry for the long post...just needed to vent. 

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  • HiggyFan42HiggyFan42 member

    Holy cow! I'm so sorry.  That sounds miserable!

    21 days?!  How on earth is one supposed to make that work!?  Good luck!

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  • topbirdsixtopbirdsix

    Wow, I am so sorry you're going through this. 21 days is crazy!! Hopefully you have family & friends around that can help spring you (just you) free for a few hours.

    I am completely scared of E getting the chix pox...because I've never had them! 

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  • xchexche

    That's horrible, I'm sorry!!!

    Hopefully LO doesn't take that long to recover! 

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  • bobbyruthbobbyruth member
    That sucks!  I hope she feels better soon.  At least she wont remember.  I had them in 2nd grade and still remember laying in bed and unzipping my PJ to scratch when my mom wasn't looking.
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  • RobinSparkles214RobinSparkles214 member
    Oh NO! I hope she gets better very soon.
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  • LordValuemartLordValuemart
    Well at least she has them now when she won't remember them, and she can't actively scratch the spots and make them worse. I think I was around 7 or 8 when I got them and I remember being miserable and itchy and it all got worse because I just couldn't stop myself from scratching x.x
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  • ltate_8ltate_8
    I hope things get better.  I also wish I knew you a little bit better, I would rather my DS get the chicken pox than the vaccine.  I have my friends on the look out for people whose children get the chicken pox.  Is that crazy? 
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  • LordValuemartLordValuemart

    imageltate_8:
    I hope things get better.  I also wish I knew you a little bit better, I would rather my DS get the chicken pox than the vaccine.  I have my friends on the look out for people whose children get the chicken pox.  Is that crazy? 

    Nah it's actually pretty common, it's better to get it as a kid anyway because if you get it as an adult I hear it's painful and dangerous Indifferent half my mom's friends from work's children were at my house every day for like a week straight so they would get it, I thought it was weird then, but I understand now.

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  • blondek8blondek8 member
    Chicken pox suck azz. I hope your LO gets a milder case. I had them when I was 7 and it was absolutely horrible. I was so febrile I hallucinated and there were pox EVERYWHERE. I can remember my parents bathing me in cool water to help my fever and being covered head-toe in calamine. I don't think I've ever been more sick since.
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  • detokietdetokiet

    Wow. Hope it clears up quick!

    I never had the chicken pox, and I don't think I had the vaccine either.  I remember my mom telling me that when my sister got chicken pox, she made sure I was exposed, but I never got it.

    My grandpa never had it either from what I've been told, so hopefully I'm just naturally immune. 

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