Pam, I have been thinkig of your chicken poxed family. It is not a fun disease. When my children had it (about 25 years ago and before the vaccination), they both ended up with side-effects. One had impetigo and the other a staff infection. Of course they had full blown, chicken pox everywhere cases. They had chicken pox where I never thought you could have chicken pox!! Sounds like your family has had light cases so far. I'll hope for the same for Sonja.

Yes Donna! Everywhere chickenpox!!!

Donna & Kathy -

I remember one pock inside my right eyelid! Last one to fall off! How it got there I have no idea.

I am the oldest of three children. We all got the chicken pox and the measles (no shots then) at the same time, back to back. The doctor made house calls back then and he made one for each of us for all the yucky's we could get. Calamine lotion was the drug of choice. We had to put socks on our hands to not scratch. We were 8, 6 and 2. My poor mother. As soon as the chicken pox were over we all came down with measles. I think I was out of school for weeks.

Pam - hope that Sonja's symptoms clear up quickly. You never know ... it MIGHT not be chickenpox (maybe it's just a cold ... or maybe the flu?)

Masaki

I haven't heard from her this morning, but please be assured that I was praying for something besides chicken pox. It wasn't a cold, she was sure of that.

Haha, this thread is cracking me up, LOL, with all the banter about mescaline, etc. I'd never heard the 1 tequila, 2 tequila 3 tequila, FLOOR.....how funny!!

FYI, these days, the kids call that stuff (peyote, etc), 'Shrooms. (I'm a Youth Minister in the Episcopal Church, so I stay current on all teen lingo, issues, etc.). I went to college in the late 60s and everyone around me was taking that stuff. I fortunately never once even tried any of that stuff (except for pot a total of 3 times in four years)....my style was more the Friday Afternoon Kegger......... One kid in the dorm killed himself while on Mescaline...

Masaki--is it correct that Shingles is Herpes Zoster that lays dormant in the body after one has Chicken Pox?????? Or is that not true?

What an entertaining bunch of posts for a Saturday morning!! Liz

I can answer the question on Shingles. It's yes.

Sonja's fever broke in the night, after two miserable days. She feels fine, has two small red "spots" so far but they aren't itching.

Justin, who never slowed down, never ran any fever, broke out in church this morning; Sonja is mortified that she let him go, but who knew?

So far, Sarah hasn't shown any signs. Her vaccination would only be two years old, she may escape it this time.

What an adventure!

Pam,

We watched an old movie on DVD last night - What a Girl Wants. A line in the movie was when the dad asked his "ex" if you ever stop worring about your children. She said never. That is the correct answer. Sorry you are experiencing this worry. I hope Sonja and Jason get well quickly.

Pam,

It sounds like Sonja's vaccination is working; I'm so glad to hear it! Hope she and the children do well. Please keep us posted.

As the Dr. told me at the time, "you shouldn't have to worry about getting shingles, because of having chicken pox at an older age!"

Pam,

So how are Sonja and the children?

G'morning!

The chicken pox thing seems to be waning nicely, while Justin had far more "bumps", only one "crusted over". Since I've had shingles, I am so grateful to know that Sonja has less chance of getting it. That was nasty.

But Andrea developed strep on Monday, so she's on an antibiotic and Sonja is watching the other two. Andrea didn't react to the antibiotic as fast as she normally does, but I guess she was still pulled down by the c.p.