OMG hosed

[saffronhare]

Kira is covered in spots today.

I noticed one or two on her face before GC yesterday. But, when I checked the rest of her body, I found nothing and figured they must be kiddie blemishes. Not so.

Covered. In. Spots.

I'm so very sorry to have exposed folks to this, however unwittingly. Please pass the word? Thanks.

In the meantime, since this is the family's first case of chicken pox (as yet uncomfirmed by the doctor), I'll be figuring out what my Mommy Marching Orders are and trying to arrange to get some Actual Work done while at home.

Hard to say if I'll be online a lot to day or not. :)
Later,
N

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the spots! like lions and tigers and bears!

[womanofsalt.livejournal.com]

We have been properly shooted and boosted. Once she is past day three (I have a tendancy to get a light case of the pox when exposed, but only if I'm exposed in the first three days of contagion...this makes no sense to me, but my doc seems to think she knows all about it, so I will defer to her years of med school and practice)Casa Ventura is an available option for days you need to make an office presence. I can only in good faith offer my services Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays since I am not the adult in charge the other two days of the week. Bring us your cranky and spotted (we do offer shuttle pick up and drop off, but the shuttle can not arrive before 9:30am, drop off times are wide open after 12:30pm). I am home earlier than 9:30am so she can be dropped off as early as 6am (I just have son-school and light job duties until 9am that would make leaving house before then difficult). Let me know when to schedule you in.

Re: the spots! like lions and tigers and bears!

[saffronhare.livejournal.com]

Daddy-man is arranging for a couple of half-days off this week, so I'll be able to get in some desk time. Fortunately, I can mostly do my job with my laptop and access to the Internet.

Finally formulating a plan that I can share with my writers about how things will go for the next week or so. School policy says she's got to stay home from school until the last breakouts are dried out and scabbed over, AND anything on her face or hands is "pretty darn well healed." I'm figuring that's at least this full week and possibly into next week.

Making my list for the drugstore now too. We've been doing lots of little activities around the house to keep little hands busy (much easier to keep her occupied than simply telling her not to itch). Later, we might play "connect the dots" with some calamine lotion and q-tips. :)