Chickenpox 1- Us 0

It has been an incredibly long day so far. If you hadn't already heard I had to run Abby up to the doctor's office today because she was running temps in excess of 102 and I wasn't able to control them with Tylenol. They wanted to see her right away so we drove up to see Dr. L She just wasn't acting right, couldnt stay awake... shaking really bad and just didn't look good. Yesterday was so good it really threw me off! She never ran a temp at all yesterday and outside of a little bit of discomfort with the pox she was fine! At first I was going to just let it go thinking it was just how the chickenpox were... but my Mom said to give the pediatrician a call. I shook all the way up to the dr I was so worried.

By the time we got to the doctor's office her temp was over 103. She fell asleep three times in my arms. They looked her over good and said that it certainly looks like the chickenpox. Her chances of getting it from the vaccine were 1-2% of all kids who get this thing... and even then normally when kids get it from the vaccine it is just a slight-mild case. Perhaps I should go buy a lottery ticket because she beat both odds. Not only that but her diaper rash is a yeasty type and now she is on Niastatin for that too. My poor little girl!

It was an interesting visit because there was a point that I thought I might be having contractions and that terrified me more because that is all I would need... to go into labor on top of all of this! So I took some deep breaths, said a little prayer and they went away. It must have been Braxton Hicks or perhaps some jealous babies pushing on their sister who was sleeping on my stomach. Thankfully we are ok there.

They put her on an antiviral, Benedryl and Tylenol... so between these 4 medications hopefully she will start to feel better. The doctor told me that if she in any way seems to be getting worse that I needed to call them immediatly so that they could see her again. So now we wait and see. When we came home she was shaking so bad she could hardly stand but now she is sleeping on the couch as I try to keep the pesky flies from her face so that she stays asleep. Thank you for all of your prayers, we appreciate them! It sounds like she will be contagious for the next week or so... keep me in your prayers also in that I don't go crazy stuck at home. Loves!