chicken pox

Revenge of the Pox

I felt invincible. I practically encouraged my children to lick other kids with chicken pox. Ours were vaccinated. We would be fine. YoungestGirl has spitefully gone and developed chicken pox, making a mockery of the £130 we spent on having her immunised against it. Her little face is covered in blisters. Her hands are all … [Read more…]

A Varicella-y Day

Yesterday YoungestGirl was supposed to be getting her second and final chickenpox vaccination. We chose to vaccinate both girls privately; the immunisation isn’t offered as standard on the NHS. We chose to do this for a couple of reasons: firstly chickenpox can be a really, really unpleasant (and in rare cases, fatal) illness, and secondly … [Read more…]