Chickenpox has struck in our household again.On our last day at Himatangi Beach Molly started complaining about what we thought was a very bad insect bite on her leg, and on the day after we got home she broke out in very many spots. A nice present from her brother.
The medical profession may claim this is an old wives tale, but to all those mum friends who told me the 2nd sibling always gets a worse dose than the 1st sibling – you were so right.
Molly’s got it a hundred times worse than Alfie did. She didn’t sleep a wink for the first 48 hours, and I found myself on the phone to the doctor’s surgery several times a day for the first few days, asking for advice and monitoring potentially infected spots etc.
It’s kind of ruined all our plans for the school holidays and poor Alfie has been going a little bit stir crazy this time as it’s the second week he’s had to suffer in isolation (and not even for himself this time!).
While Alfie got bored of staying at home, Molly was completely beside herself with itchiness for several days. All we could do is put her in the bath with lots of Pinetarsol for the majority of the day, and keep rubbing cream into her, giving her Pamol and antihistamines. Big thanks to everyone who provided her with DVDs, creams and phone calls!
It’s kind of ruined all our plans for the school holidays and poor Alfie has been going a little bit stir crazy this time as it’s the second week he’s had to suffer in isolation (and not even for himself this time!).
While Alfie got bored of staying at home, Molly was completely beside herself with itchiness for several days. All we could do is put her in the bath with lots of Pinetarsol for the majority of the day, and keep rubbing cream into her, giving her Pamol and antihistamines. Big thanks to everyone who provided her with DVDs, creams and phone calls!
But she is finally on the mend and past the contagious stage, so now we’re going to try to make up for lost time for the last few days of the holidays.
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