Originally Posted By bloona Kieran has 62 chickenpox. I counted 'em! He hasnt been feeling brilliant for a few days and got sent home from school yesterday at 2pm with a temperature (just as we were driving home from Mr bloonas tattoo) Today he felt ok, so went to school, but I felt a gland on his neck was swollen. So I knew something was going on. Anyway, once home from school he took his top off and WOW he was covered in spots! He feels a bit more "normal" now. A few are starting to itch now, there are ones that are just pink dots, some have blistered and a couple are scabbing over. He did actually have what I thought was just a normal "spot" on his cheek two days ago. I now realise that that was a chickenpox! Two weeks ago, we were on a plane coming home from Ibiza. (it has an incubation period of around two weeks) So Im guessing that thats where he got it. Daft thing is, me and mr bloona itch all over suddenly!...lol
Originally Posted By MomofPrincess Ooh, I hate those things! (Now I itch! LOL) Hope he feels better soon!
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb As hard as it will be on him, make sure he doesn't scratch the spots, breaking the skin of the pox leads to some pretty bad scarring. Oatmeal baths may help. I also remember being pink from head to toe covered in Calidryl (a brand of calimine lotion) which helped with the itching. Take care of yourself if you've never had chicken pox, I hear it can be somewhat dangerous in adults.
Originally Posted By Tiggirl I had chicken pox TWICE as a child! How unfair is that? LOL! Hope Kieran's feeling less itchy soon. ~Beth
Originally Posted By LuLu Oh dear - you haven't seen the Baloos lately have you? or u k fan? Hope Keiran feels better soon!
Originally Posted By bloona thanks everyone they dont do the vaccine for it in the UK, how odd is that? I thought they did elsewhere. Only for someone who has been in contact with someone with it, and whose immune system is lowered, such as with steroid medication, or having cancer treatment. Then they consider giving it. Hes had a bath in bicarbonate of soda, and Ive covered him in calomine lotion. (donated by a kind friend) No I havent seen the baloos or uk fan recently, might be seeing Smedley Sunday though!....???
Originally Posted By nevadarebel also if you can find the medicaided formula of vaseline that helps too. It is hard to find in the US but I don't know about the UK. I got them when I was 18 and lived in the bathtub because the water and oatmeal really helped. Benadryl or any antihistamine medicine works good to keep the itchies away. Best of luck to you!
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 We went through 4 sets of chickenpox. One right after the other with no overlapping #1 son brought them home and exposed #1 daughter who ended up missing her 6th grade camp because of the chickenpox. He is 28 and she is 31 and she still brings it up every once in awhile I second the oatmeal baths idea. I remember something about calamine and caladryl. I don't remember which was better but I remember giving DH specific instructions not to buy one of them. Isn't there a drug out now that lessens the severity of the pox? Now that I think about it, you may need to start taking it at the first sign of an outbreak. Or maybe it's just for shingles. I know our #2 DD was only one when it was her "turn" and the Dr. gave us a prescription for her. She ended up with very few pox but then got shingles in 2nd grade! Poor kid. bloona, I hope your son is doing well. Hang in there and see if he'll wear gloves to remind himself not to scratch. Hey, how about 2 baseball mitts or boxing gloves
Originally Posted By Mrs ElderP I got Chicken Pox at 11, it was brutal!! I have 3 younger sibblings and it went down the line pretty much in order, lessining in severity each time. Till my baby brother at age 2 got like 3 pox marks total. I still carry 1 teeny tiny mark on my face, near my eye brow. ElderP who got it at about the same age (in another part of the state!!) has one small poc mark near his ear.
Originally Posted By frdeb1999 Both my older daughters had them twice also. And that was with the vaccine!! All I can say is Oatmeal baths!!! My girls swore they helped. And they also have the oatmeal based lotion out now too. Good luck!!!!
Originally Posted By lilgoofymom My daughter got them in Kindergarten. I was 30 at the time. Guess what....I had never had chicken pox. Yep about a week later there they were. My brother had not had them either, so unfortunantly we infected him too, at age 25. He got really sick with them. My daughter had the vaccine too.
Originally Posted By ophellia I thought I had them as a 2 year old, but No...when I was 26 I got the CPox from mt 5 year old...bummer! Hope the little one's better soon!
Originally Posted By threeundertwo ouch! Hope he feels better soon. My kids have all had the vaccine and haven't had it yet (knock wood) but when my oldest had a terrible case of poison oak she got a lot of relief from the oatmeal bath. I think it's called Aveeno here. Good luck!
Originally Posted By chickendumpling Oh. Poor little guy. Hope he has an easy go of it. I've never had 'em but it doesn't sound too fun.
Originally Posted By chipndale16 Chickenpox are no fun at all! I sure hope he feels better soon! At least he is still young, as I hear they are usually worse in adults. I had chickenpox when I was 20. They seamed to last forever and I still have a few scares from it.
Originally Posted By ilvdland I'm glad he got them as a child - they are definetly no fun as an adult. Sheesh, I thought I was going to beat all of you by having them at 23 - but 30??? Sorry, I would have died, for real. I almost did at 23 - I started out with an intestinal infection, then ended up with pleurisy. I missed 14 days of work I think. Then when I got back to work my boyfriend at the time (we worked together) said the words no one in a relationship ever wants to hear: "We need to talk." So, 14 days of missed work and a 15lb. weight loss and I get broken up with the day I go back to work. We went out for 2 and a half years, so this was not pretty. After that I lost ANOTHER 15lbs., so yeah. From July 4th-August 4th, 30 pounds. Except for the weight loss, I don't have fond memories of the chicken pox........
Originally Posted By bloona wow, thanks for your stories everyone. Ive just been shopping, cleared the supermarket out of bicarb for the bath, not sure what the oatmeal bath is, never seen that. This morning we counted his spots and he had 122. He has quite a few on his face too. He went to bed wearing thin socks on his hands...lol. He feels fine though, his appetite isnt brilliant, but not bad.
Originally Posted By frdeb1999 Sounds like your all handling them well bloona. Hopefully it will be a quick case!!
Originally Posted By LuLu Hope you all escape getting it too. Bloona, I'm meeting the baloos and u k fan this week and was checking to see if they were carriers ;-)
