Chicken pox, Help!!!

[lorraine]

William has has chicken pox for 3 days so far and is really
covered in spots and is feeling pretty miserable.
He caught it from his sister Charlotte who is nearly better now.(after 3 1/2 weeks !)
Charlotte had it really badly with fevers and vomiting at first.

I was hoping that William wouldn't be so bad but now I'm worried about him being worse.
Agghhhhh I hate it when my kids are ill
Anyone got experience with this?, do you think it will be more severe for him because of the DS?
I hope not.

Lorraine

[twosomy21]

i did the calamine lotion for the girls and just treated symptoms(looong time ago) .my boys have never had them; kyle and loren had a bout of something that lasted a few days but went away .i would be worried about the ds too. call the doc and in meantime keep him cool
i wish i could help more, hope its over fast for the little man

[Connie]

I wish you lived closer!!! I need a chicken-pox party!!!

Hope the little guy gets to feeling better soon!!

I had to with Chicken pox...one right after the other. The oldes was 2 and then the 4 month old caught them....It really was fun!!! NOT!!!

Connie

[laurasmom]

cool, oatmeal baths. the calamine helps, and I used a paintbrush to put it on, the girls loved the idea that they were "painting" their bodies. And as few clothes as possible, and if they have to wear clothes, as loose as possible. I put an old t-shirt of Mike's on the girls, and they loved wearing Daddy's shirt, anything to distract.

Oh, I hope the pox are gone soon!
Take care
Sharon

[Googsmom aka Jennifer]

Oh I do not like chicky pox. My neice had them and I thought Brook would get them so I rushed her in for the chicky pox vacine. Very contravercial (sp) as to get it or not but I just said "do it". Brook never got them. When Mary had them I used Aveno oatmeal bath and Aveno lotion all over her. {{{{{BIG HUGS for the Chicky Pox kids}}}}}} At least you'll have it over and done with Lorraine

[Jackie]

ewwwwwwwwww Chicken Pox. All four of my kids had it to the extreme!!!! With Emily I have always felt bad cuz exposed her to it intentionally. Right after kindergarten was over the girls across the street got it so thought summer was an ideal time to have it and get it over with.

So..........we did and................................Em was almost totally covered with them (ask Susan about the bathtub pic I shared with her...LOL) and even had them on the whites of her eyes as well as all up inside everywhere they could get inside.

She still looked bad in August when we got a doc certificate saying she was cured and could go back to school.

Despite her rocky start in life...Em has always been healthy as a horse so I figured the pox would be NO challenge to her immune system....WRONG.

So good luck with yours...glad those years are now behind me.

Jackie

[lorraine]

Thanks for your kind thoughts, we had a terrible night and a rough day, but he seems happier at the moment.

I do feel guilty about both of them having it as it came from my nephew, who only had about 50 spots over his whole body, lucky thing. I told my sister I wouldn't mind if they got it as its not a bad illness. WRONG LOL

On a better note William has just learnt to climb up on the sofa so he can't be feeling too bad ;D

Lorraine

[Chris too]

The thing about the pox is that the longer the exposure, the worse the case - in general. So a chance contact in the market is more likely to be a light case, but a party - now that will produce a bad lot of spots, and a sibling, well {{{{{poor William}}}}} and {{{{{poor Lorraine}}}}}

I'm praying for quick recovery for the little guy.

[CC]

Aw HUGS to William
Hope he is feeling better every day.

Neither of my kids Chris 15 and Kodi Lee 19 have had the Pox's they both had the shots for it.

I myself have never had them either.

Feel Better Mr. William.

CC ~