Chicken Pox

Oh my poor little girl got the chicken pox. One morning I saw a scab on her face and questioning what happened and looking at her face I noticed 2 red marks on her eyelid too. I checked her whole body out and found nothing, an hour later the red marks on her eye were fluid filled and one on her neck was also. Well those who know me also know that I did not do all the vaccines the government wants done... NOT that I am don't plan to do important vaccinations, but I have been spacing them out and grouping them 2 at a time because I want my children's exposure to Thimerosal to be at a minimal level.

Leo is of course too young for the varicella vaccine. So I cruised the internet and found this natural remedy link called fastchickenpoxcure. We found the first pox on her on November 19th, and the last one to heal was on November 23rd. We did 3 baths a day alternating the malt vinegar, oatmeal & baking soda and I fed her all the foods suggested that I could get her to eat, a few of them I disguised in other foods.

I was hopeful that Leo would catch them during the same time, meaning that their exposure to the source was at the same time, such as at Day Care. However, I was not so lucky. Calculating backwards her exposure was during Halloween, where we were going downtown near strangers sneezing outside in the cold, where Leo didn't join us outdoors and besides day care it was the only outing we'd done during that time frame.

Leo caught broke out with pox on December 6th, and his last pox to heal was on December 9th. He seemed to have more pox, but considering he's under 1 year old and his immune response less built that would make sense.