Chicken poxs

[Galaxor]

I ummed and ahed about whether clare had it or not too - she had what looked like pimples for spots that then went scabby

[Slitir]

yeah i am still umming and ahhing, she certainly is unwell and i am keeping her home. after her bath last night she came up in a few random looking spots with what looked liked moist heads, but they are now scabby looking. and they are tiny that they could be mistaken for just little pimply things. only one i have seen has been itchy and bothered her.
I think what is messing with my judgment the most is that there is this hooha about chicken pox vaccine that i have always assumed that it must be becasue of these big angry looking pox that are continuosly itchy and you are so sick you are at deaths door - surely that would justify a vaccine for it, yeah?

So although i get everyone reacts differently and will have a 'severe' case or 'minor' case i can't get my head around it can be so 'minor' as her piddly little spots are... ! But neverthe less i am doing my bit to keeping it as contained as i can so as we dont potentialy pass it on someone with autoimmune diseases or someone who is pregnant or with a newby.

[kymmy]

I hear it's much nastier for adults than kids, I certainly hope that's your experience of it too N xx

That is my concern. T is 10 and still hasn't had CP.

[gemiNy]

Well, I was worried about the "worse for adults" bit, but in hindsight, I got off really mildly. My brother got it when he was about 26 & ended up in hospital really sick, so it seems to depend on the individual.

[Heket]

Sounds bad ending up in hospital! That's an interesting point you make about it being an individual thing, that sounds logical to me.