19 July 2013

My Chic Chick Got Chicken Pox

Yup, you read that right. LB got it at this early. My siblings had it during their gradeschool years. As for me, well, I'm one of those very unfortunate adults who never had. La-dee-dah. So... I'm waiting to have it anytime... or not! Waaaaaah. I'm still hoping I won't have it anymore. Say, like a mutant who could never get sick. What a horror to see fine lines around my late 20s eyes and a scar brought by the pox. What the pox. Anywaaaaay, curious as where she got it? I was dumbfounded at first. I even blamed her pop for bringing some bad virus at home. Felt better (not really, actually) when her teacher, TS, told me that one of her classmates recently had. The boy went to school last Monday, no traces of pox blisters. But according to the the pediatrician we consulted earlier, it's more contagious when the blisters had dried up. Sigh. I wish the parents of the boy knew about that and had not allowed their son to go to school yet. 'Cause you know what? All his 7 classmates got it, as of today! Including my one and only. Oh, poor momma's heart. *cry with me now* 

So this is how she looked like last Tuesday, on the way home. She was slightly feverish with colds; hence, the beanie. It's a Dora kind of day. Yuhh, we're Ghetto like that.


She got busy with her new Barbie magazines when she got home.


The princess asked for soup. She got really disappointed I cooked her this instead of "makeni" or Lucky Me noodles. Duh. That's cream of mushroom with carrots, dash of oregano and ham bits no! She ate half the bowl though. The Queen won. Ha!


Then just after we had dinner the same day, I saw her on the couch. She told me in all her cuteness: "Nanay, I don't wanna stand up. My head hurts like dung-dung-dung." Aww. Poor baby love. Another heartache for the Queen. I need CPR, Channing, or Bamboo -- er, Rhambo. Sorry.


Called in my three fever musketeers. As always, they never failed me. 


The next day, Wednesday, she was a little okay. She can smile and no more "dung-dung-dung" happening. She even asked me to put my hair extensions from D&V Hairpieces on her. What a star.

But. Lo and behold, royalties. Thursday morning, I thought we could go to school at last. I saw a huge mean watery blister on her right arm. Again, what the pox. Confeermed. I thought those I saw on her tummy Monday night were ant/mosquito bites. My momtuition wronged me. Well, I never had one so I don't know what the symptoms are. First-time momma experience, y'all. And this is us, at the hospital earlier. 


Shucks. She will be on house arrest for two weeks or so. I will not let her go to school without the doctor's order. I'm not going to make another momma feel the same way I feel today. I'm sure she'll heal in no time. She's taking Php577-worth of antibiotics. And I'm taking extra care of her. Extra means, with cooing and all, like a mother hen to a baby chick. Hehe. So there, my daughter's gonna be bored the whole day here at home. Buuuuut, what makes me feel worse is that half of the tuition I paid for the quarter has been put to waste. Pfft. OK, no one's to blame, Queen B. At least she got it now at a young age. Well, I just hoped she had it on summer or sem break, you know. This is what's making me more anxious --- who will take care of me when I have one, soon? Waaaaaaaaah. *help me Channing or Bamboo --- er, Rhambo! lol*

14 comments:

  1. Get well soon little princess....hoping for your fast recovery...
    I hope your little girl had the chicken pox vaccine already, so the illness will not last that long and you'll soon recover...Take care as well mommy Denise, frequent hand washing is one of the best things you can do to prevent the transmission of chicken pox.I think you can have the vaccine as well, the one for adults.

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    1. Naku, this scares me nga. Ang tagal maghilom ng sugat ko. Diabetic? I don't know. Well, let's see what will happen on the next few days... I'm not excited, actually. Haha.

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    2. Have you had your blood Sugar checked? Or do you have a family history of Diabetes? Consult first your doctor for advise on that...Don't worry the shot is just like an ant bite... :-) Try to get the chicken pox vaccine before you catch the illness...Prevention is better than cure.. :-)

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  2. Oh nooo.... get well soon to LB and hang in there mommy Denise. I remember getting The Pox when I was in grade school din, sabay kami ng brother ko.

    Hay totally agree with you about the little boy who got it first in LB's class. Naisip ko lang dapat siguro gawin regulation ng schools na pag diagnosed ng very contagious illness like chicken pox dapat magpresent ng 'certificate' na all clear na to go back to school, parang yung 'fit to work' ba. Kasi imagine 7 kids ang affected. :-(

    Napraning tuloy ako bigla with my preschooler. Hayayay.

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    1. Yes, I thought of that "certificate" thing, too. That's why my husband and I agreed that I will have LB checked again first before going back to school. I think what the school lacked was information dissemination. And that's one of my top most pet peeve --- I don't want to be the last to know. Chismosa ako by nature, journalist kuno. Well, wala ng magagawa, eto na eh. She will have it, anyway. Let bygones be bygones. Thanks, Tin.

      Go, tell your daughter's teachers that in case this happens to the school, they should inform you.

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  3. It's going to get itchy! I suggest stocking up on Caladryl lotion and when she sleeps, put socks on her hands. Good luck :)

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    1. Hi Chrystal! I have thought of putting HHN's sunflower oil on the blisters once it dried up. But thanks for the socks tip! I made pudpod her nails na. :)

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  4. Feel better soon pretty girl. Ingat lage.

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  5. get well soon LB. nakakaloka.. pumasok ang bagets para maghasik ng lagim. wag naman sana gawin ng mga co-parents ko un sa mga anak ko at classmates nila. i hope ndi magkapeklat ng skin mo, LB. take care always. :)

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  6. On a lighter note be thankful na lang she got it early because she will have the immunity already. Let's just pray wag ka mahawa kaso yun nga cross our fingers. Get well soon LB.

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  7. They're down to just five kids in class today. Super manageable nga sila pero medyo malungkot... :( They were supposed to be six but Zoey got sent home before classes started because of the same reason.

    We miss our chickadees so much. Please tell Sophia I said hi and I miss her!

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    1. Thank you, TL! She's been making kalkal her old workbooks and pretending to study all by herself. Wawa nga eh.

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  8. Get well soon little Bebeng! :-) At least you don't have to deal with chicken pox ever again! I promise! ;-) Hehehehe

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  9. Oh! Hope all is well with your Little Bebeng! ^_^ My son's ate got it last summer too, and my brother, good thing Chase got his booster before then (effective naman pala! ^_^) Although, my yaya used baking soda on her baths, she googled it daw,and it's an effective way to minimize itching and scarring, seemed to work! ^_^

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