And then if he wants to know anything more about it I'll be able to tell him that he got his symptoms on a Friday night and saw a Doctor on Saturday afternoon and by then we'd pretty much missed the local chemists and so I made a judgement call that a mild case would not warrant a special trip to a far-away chemist and that was a shame because he then proceeded to have a very bad night and I only had a hotch-potch of home-made recipes to help him with, like the not terribly effective oatmeal bath before bedtime (made from pureeing some rolled oats which I think destroyed the blender motor), and the calamine lotion in a spray bottle that I gave him to get him through the night which wasn't anywhere near good enough, so he spent basically from 12-3am awake and in distress, till I got him up and put him in a bath with all the available bicarb and some drops of lavender oil and then daubed the worst sores with lavender oil and that let him sleep through till morning. And then he'll be able to say Thanks Mum and I might hear him telling his partner that they really ought to go to chemist immediately for phenergan and pinetarsol bath solution just in case, but to check the stores of bicarb and lavender oil as a back-up. And I'll be able to ask him if there's any other disease he needs to know about because I know for a fact that he had scarlet fever when he was three-ish, also parvovirus and molluscums at about age 8, both of which his brother had too, and when is he coming round for dinner and to help us move the heavy thing?
Loving that you are working 'elderly parent' nag into a retrospective blog post. Loving it :-)
ReplyDeleteClassic! Hope he's feeling better now.
ReplyDeleteSorry about the pox!
ReplyDeleteBut geeze, that kid is looking more like you every day. Look at that!
Goodness me! I hope the poor spotty fellow is less itchy very soon.
ReplyDeleteAnd a perfectly good reason to write a blog, too.
ReplyDeleteBut thanks for letting me know that it was actually a good idea NOT to fork out about $400 for two kids to get vaccinated (before it was on the schedule). They got the pox anyway and that counts as free vaccination.
And a good warning to me who did have the kids vaccinated.
ReplyDeleteGeez!
I am itching in sympathy now - and yawning in sympathy with you after such a night
Poor boy - make sure he doesn't scratch the ones on his gorgeous face!!!
ReplyDeleteI agree that a blog is a great way to refer to childrens milestones/ailments. I just hope I don'y for get the address in my old age!
Poor Climber. He looks miserable! My mother bathed my rash in alcohol.
ReplyDeleteMine have both been vaccinated, but... they'll probably get it via the interweb now. Just like they got the parvo after you had it.
ohh those are sick-boy eyes. Pinetarsal...heh, I remember a few bottles of that being used. on their father, who was very very ill with them, when I was pregnant with number 2 son, and the vaccinated number 1 son had the very mild dose. Number 2 son later got an even milder dose.
ReplyDeleteThank ye heavens, someone finally worked the blog thing out. So, all what you said, plus the recorded for posterity, 21st birthday fodder.
ReplyDeleteMy now sixteen year old had the pox TWICE. Really mild version (about 4 spots, a bit of fever)when she was 2 after all her cousins came down with it), then the full blown thing when she was 5 when it raced through kinder. Threw her little brother in the bath with her many times so he could get it over with
ReplyDelete(he did). Makes you question the silly immuno, doesn't it? Another way for drug companies to make money from nervous parents.
such a lovely photo, what a spunk, despite the spots!
ReplyDeleteJC
How I wish I'd had the blog way back then, because when I'm asked those questions now, there's a lot of guesswork involved in the answers!
ReplyDeletePoor Climber. I hope he's on the mend by now.
ReplyDeleteI've never had Chicken Pox myself so I'll be staying away for a while.
Will get in touch with you though about that kitty visit.
Oh, chicken pox is a terrible thing. Poor Climber. I got the pox the day after giving birth to The Impossible Princess...who then caught it herself a week or so later.
ReplyDeleteBut, somehow you've managed to find the humour in your situation! Love this post.
Poor darling boy. I hope he's feeling a lot better and everyone's getting some sleep!
ReplyDeleteI started itching as I was reading this , poor kid ! I hope he still visits you now you are old !
ReplyDeleteHope he's a lot better now!
ReplyDeleteI guess that goes to show that the only cure for chicken pox, is chicken pox. And then only if you have it good and proper.
ReplyDelete(Blossom did at 18 months so I know that 'good and proper' means hospital and a hysterical mother).