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meow 
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Posted: 23 February 2007 at 2:14pm |
Who here has had a child go through chicken pox? What were the symptoms before the spots?
My friend's little boy has caught them, we saw them last week and the spots came out that afternoon  they are contagious then, so I'm just playing the waiting game now, wondering if Ella will get them. If she does, she won't be contagious until early next week. She has just come down with a cold, so I'm wondering if that's the start of it? I looked up online and it said that "cold like symptoms" were common
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thunderwolves
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Posted: 23 February 2007 at 3:47pm |
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cold like symptoms are the most common sign of chicken pox, not normally a bad cold just a bit of a runny nose ect, then that will normally be gone when the spots come out, which is usually 7-14 days after they have been in contact with the bugs.
if you think its on its way i would go and get some calamine(sp?) lotion and be prepared for a few days at home. It can be contagioius from the first symptoms, so the cold untill the last of the spots dry out, which is why it seems to go around in little outbreaks as the contagious period is so long..
hope this helps...
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Posted: 23 February 2007 at 3:48pm |
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also keep an eye on her tummy,spots usually appear there first.
good luck
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Posted: 02 March 2007 at 2:23pm |
Thought we were all clear until this morning, it has been 14 days now since we saw them.. some little red bumps on her tummy, and another behind her ear.. my poor baby has got the chicken pox 
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Posted: 02 March 2007 at 2:51pm |
Hopefully she'll have a fairly mild case and that'll be it over and done with!
Hope you feel better soon Ella 
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Posted: 02 March 2007 at 2:58pm |
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Oh poor Ella, hope she doesn't get them too bad.
Lots of calamine lotion for the itching.
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meow
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Posted: 02 March 2007 at 3:16pm |
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Thanks, I actually managed to get her to sleep for the first time in a week.
The new thing these days is "Mebo - anti itch" so I bought some of that.
Nikki, I was thinking we should have a sewing night soon~!
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Posted: 02 March 2007 at 3:23pm |
Aww poor wee Ella! I hope she bounces back real soon for you Meow 
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Posted: 02 March 2007 at 3:25pm |
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Mebo - what a funny name.
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