thats right we are poxed! i woke up this morning and got the kids ready for school, was about to do chloes hair and had a good look at her... hang on a closer lok... hang on....... POX! i checked her all over and it was really bad behind her ears with cracked skin and dry skin all over her forhead beggining to crack so off to the docs for us!
i gave chloe a bath in calomine and tea tree oil and then my friend judith picked us up and took us there (still L plates no way i was catching a bus) her kids are immunised but i still made chloe wear a headscarf over her mouth and nose and when i called the docs i booked in letting them know that we had suspected chickenpox so they made the appointment around other patients, we turned up and let them know we were there but because there was a wait still we waited in the car until the receptionist texted my phone.
looks like chloe has a really bad case due to her excema and cant use calomine lotion again or anything that will dry out her skin, the doc thought tea tree was a good idea but recomended that i use steriod cream for the excema which makes me sad because we havent needed to use it in years!  she also recomended antihistamines.
seems the reason tobias has been so cranky the last few days is due to more than his teeth so he had his immunisation for chickenpox anyway seeing as the spots arent out in hope it will be a more mild case, ive been really unwell since sunday also and very tired so it looks like im on my FOURTH time having the chickenpox! yay me and my screwed up immune system lol
i went the chemist anyway and found a lotion similar to calomine that doesnt dry skin out which seems to be working well plus a spray bottle with tea tree and vitamin E which chloe seems to think works better ?
so i guess we are all home for awhile now! luckily ive had heaps of offers of help today so if i need anything i have plenty of ppl to drop stuff off
chloes been ordered to stay off school for at LEAST one week it could be more depending on how bad the excema gets and how mcuh she scratches so we will just have to wait and see... till then i have minti!
xxxnat
here some pics i took today, sorry they arent great i was using my webcam...
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