We Have The Pox
Image via Wikipedia The CHICKEN POX!!!!
Okay, not really “WE”. Just Trailer Boy, my 4 year old son.
He’s been a bit unwell for the past few days and we thought it was the cold he had a week or so ago recurring.
Last night we noticed a couple of spots appear on his face and I started to wonder.
This morning…. more spots.
I’m pretty sure it’s chicken pox.
*sigh*
I promise he doesn’t look anywhere near as bad as the graphic I’ve included!!! Thankfully.
Fingers crossed he’s only going to have a mild dose. So far, only half a dozen or so spots have appeared.
I guess the next few days will tell.
We’ve been umming and aahhing over the chicken pox vaccination.
I’d come to the conclusion that if he hadn’t had them by the time he turned 5, I would get him the vaccination (the older two had them when they were quite young).
So now that decision is made for me.
I’m already a bit worn down from looking after a sick, whingy child for the past couple of days.
Tomorrow I’m going shopping for a sticker book or similar. When someone is sick or down, I make myself feel better by buying them a present. 
Hopefully I can find something that will help pass the time for him. It’s going to be very hard missing out on preschool.
Would it be bad to buy myself a “cheer me up” present too???
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Hey don’t hope for a mild dose, you want a rip snorter of a dose (especially for a boy) the strains of chicken pox going around these days can be quite mild sometimes and actually result in no immunity developing. That picture looks quite mild to me, when my daughter’s had it they were covered in head to toe with spots (and I do mean head to toe) especially for a boy I would get his immunity checked later on to make sure he has developed it because chicken pox in an older boy or man is quite dangerous
I promise I didn’t send it via internet. Honest!
Although the only person I know who’s had it in the last few weeks I only know online also…. so maybe it can be transferred online… hmmm….
Oh dear! Poor you and poor Trailer Boy! Well, here’s wishing him lots of fun oatmeal baths…my main memory of chicken pox is taking baths endlessly with my sister and all our puppets.
Poor little guy. Hope he’s feeling better soon. Kin, I had a laugh about transmitting chicken pox via the internet. I’m pretty sure that’s one virus that doesn’t spread by email
Why not buy yourself a present Lightening. Any excuse, I say…
I’m with Katrina - you want a decent dose so he gets a decent amount of immunity.. but then not so bad that you are both totally miserable.
We are still waiting for pox to hit our house - I wonder if it ever will.
Definitely go and buy a sticker book (Big W down here often has great sticker/activity books that my girls love when in hospital) and definitely go and buy yourself a present too… a happy Mum means a happy kid!
Oh no!!!
I hope you guys have a fast recovery!!!!!!
Good to get it out of the way.
And no, you aren’t bad if you buy yourself a present. Mummy ALWAYS deserves a present!
In our house my eldest had a fair covering of spots, younger brother had mumps at the time and was upset when he got the pox AS WELL, younger sister had so many spots we could barely find an inch of “clean” skin. Many hours were spent in cool baths which had a little vinegar added to soothe the itch. Calamine lotion, as recommended by chemists, government department leaflets, and health clinics, I found to be completely useless.
Poor kid, I hope your son feels better soon! I remember when I was a kid when one child in the neighborhood caught it everybody sent their kids over to play in the hopes they would catch it, too!
There wasn’t a vaccine back then, just friendly neighborhood chickenpox parties. 
I hope your little boy feels better soon. I had chicken pox when I was 16 - so quite late and it wasnt allot of fun - dad had chicken pox and then got it when he was 30 and he was terribly ill. My kids have only had mild doses (of what I think was chicken pox) and I had thought about immunizing them - this might be something I look further into and talk to our doctor about. I’m not sure what helps but I remeber using Solugel for our DD (apparently this doesnt dry out the spots like calamine lotion) and me having been bathed in smelly pinetarsol (sp??).
Hope he’s not in too much itchy agony. My two got it when they were 3 and 4 and you could hardly put a pin between the spots. My dad got it at 45 and didn’t know you could be so sick without dying, my two of my brothers got it and then me on my 18th birthday
Poor mum had it in the house for about two months (we each got it two weeks apart), my youngest brother got it when he was two and had two spots on his foot. I guess his immunity was up, ’cause he didn’t get it again. Humorous fellow he is, he went out and brought a chook inside ‘to keep me company’ while I had the pox. Surprisingly, he still lives…
bugger the mild dose, I hope he has a good dose so he doesn’t get them again later. Once is enough.
Hope he’s on the mend soon. I have my own sick boy at the moment and it’s just miserable.
Katrina - I hadn’t heard that. I guess we’ll see re immunity. DD had them at 6 months and an EXTREMELY mild dose. Will see if she gets them again or if her immunity is there.
Kin - LOL. That would get us all a bit worried wouldn’t it? Disease via internet. No-one around here has had it but it has been going around the town we visited when we visited the newborn nephew a couple of weeks ago. So sounds like that’s where he picked it up.
Cuileann - Yes, we did the oatmeal bath thing. DS wasn’t all that impressed with the oatmeal stocking in his bath. LOL.
Journeyer -
Didn’t end up buying myself a present. 
Couldn’t find anything that would cheer me up.
Kate - wish we had a Big W.
Wasn’t easy to find a sticker book in our small town but I eventually found a dinosaur one that seems to be doing the trick.
Dina - thanks.
Sharon - if only mummy could find something to buy herself.
River - mumps are horrible. I’m very glad they are immunised against. Chicken pox are uncomfortable but I don’t think they’re anywhere near as bad as some of the other childhood illnesses.
Jenn - I remember my mum trying that when we had the German Measles and the neighbours kids had Chicken Pox. None of us gave one another the opposite “disease”. Pity because I ended up with Chicken Pox at 15 which wasn’t a lot of fun.
Miserly Mum - There seems to be a lot of debate out there about the chicken pox vaccine because apparently it doesn’t give life-long cover the way actually having the disease gives you. Which is one of the reason we decided to give DS the chance to have them before going the vaccination route.
Michelle - he doesn’t seem too bad. I started on the Phenergen route yesterday which is helping with the itch. Still not heaps of spots although they’re still appearing.
Bettina - nursing sick kids is not the best part of parenting is it? DS seems a bit brighter today so fingers crossed we’ve passed the worst of it now.
Oh babe, I hope he is feeling better soon. Mine had it at a very inconvenient time… but as for the vaccination, I have heard a lot of kids still get it anyway! So I haven’t bothered with Boo. He hasn’t had them yet though… EEEKK!
And you should totally buy yourself something nice.
Oh, that picture is gruesome. I agree about the calamine lotion being completely useless, I have to say. Presents - for Mum & Trailer Boy - is definitely the best medicine.