Kill me, kill me now!

My big baby has chicken pox . But of course coz she is one of *my* kids, nothing is ever straightforward *rolls eyes*. She isn't itching at all despite being covered in spots.
She first came out in a "pimple" on her bottom on Tues, last night she was covered in spots so I took her to the after hours and the doctor there swore it wasn't chicken pox coz she wasn't itchy at all. The worst one was on the side of her vagina, and of course the stupid doctor wants to do a swab to find out what it is, so he had to pierce it with a needle. My poor baby cried and cried, I felt so awful, so violated for her, it was horrible.
Then off we went to Butterfly Creek this morning to meet Danni and James and Kelly and Isla (and Kelly's mum) thinking whatever it was wasn't contagious coz the doctor promised it wasn't. I took her back to the doctor this afternoon coz she was getting worse, and again they said it wasn't chickenpox coz it wasn't itching. Till she asked the senior doctor to have a look and he said itch or no itch it's chicken pox, and that is the end of that.
So she is dosed up on Pamol and Brufen and antibiotics coz some of the spots are infected where the idiot doctor pierced them last night, and she's all cuddled up on the couch feeling generally miserable.
Willie is staying home tomorrow to sit with her so I can take the gremlins to Plunket in the morning, and watch them all while I go to a meeting in the afternoon, which is a rare thing for him, usually he moans and whinges about time off. But even he can see how miserable our poor wee girl is.
In a way I'm glad she's got them coz it gets them over and done with. But so help me God the gremlins will be next

I really hope Maya feels better soon. She didnt look good at all today, poor thing. I guess not having the itch is a bonus tho, cos that can be really nasty. Hope the gremlins dont become spot monsters too!

oh dear the gremlins will have them for sure ....and probably so will a plane full of people who just came back from oz.....LOL!!!!

oh dear....now hoping i saw miss maya more than two weeks ago.....counting back on fingers...pretty sure it was two weeks plus!!!

Nope, she definitely wasn't her usual happy self. I just feel sooooo guilty, I'd hate James and Isla to get them. Am hoping there's some truth in the old wives tale that they're no longer infectious once the spots appear.
And BS I think you guys should be OK, she must have contracted them right around the time we left coz incubation is 10-14 days so even if she had picked them up by the last time we saw you I doubt she would have been contagious. Fingers crossed!
The people on the plane might not be so lucky tho!

oh hun, that sucks the fat one. Poor miss Maya, and Poor mummy! Big higs to you all.

Oh poor girl. I second the pinetarsol as well that stuff is great.

Don't worry too much if the twins get them Emma. The younger they get it the easier it is on them. Brooke got them at one year old and she was happy as. The older you are when you get them the more you suffer.

Poor Maya! Pinetarsol will be excellent or else you can use baking soda/powder (sorry can't remember which but I'm sure if you google you'll find out )
Think they are contagious until the last spot has scabbed over?

they are air-borne contagious until the spots come out and then conagious if the pus from the spots gets on you - until they scab over.

poor miss maya. hopefully if the gremlins do get them, they'll be like Jake who had about 20 spots all up, and didn;t feel sick at all - just annoyed me at wantting to be outside all hte time.

poor wee thing, i agree with the pinetarsol that stuff is great.
i hope shes better soon