A Pox on Your House

Or rather, ours. Maybe.

The school has had 6 cases of chicken pox, the day care that shares our building (and bathrooms) has had several cases. Normally I would not worry, my children have been immunized. However, half the kids that had it at the school had also been immunized. Sigh.

I've been checking torsos and temperatures, and this morning Mason has bumps on his back. I'm hoping it's coincidence. Maybe pimples. Maybe spider bites. Maybe they will go away if I close my eyes and wish real hard.

Damn it. This is really awful timing. The children have end of the programs (Mason's is Tuesday) at school. There is t-ball. I have jury duty next week. The junior high is supposed to go camping next week and Bert was chaperoning.

This is why I got the shots! And it won't be 5 years until August, we shouldn't have needed a booster yet.

Well, hopefully if it is chicken pox, it will be mild. He seems fine, no fever, no discomfort. Hopefully it stays that way.

We've had head lice once, shouldn't that pretty much give us lifetime immunity from any other pain in the ass diseases?

Comments

[Songbird]

I'm afraid that's a great big "no" on the immunity question. But maybe the bumps on his back are like the itch we feel on our heads when lice are merely mentioned?

[Lilian]

Oh dear, I hope it's not pox!!

And do please update on the chicken situation. I had a good laugh at Dawn's comment section because of the chicken conversation ;-).