Chickenpox

I think we got off lightly with Jacob - he had a couple of days of feeling under the weather and one afternoon of being sick with a very high temperature - but by and large, he came through it ok. Sam, on the other hand, is really suffering with it. I took this photo on the second day when the spots were largely confined to his head and neck and it wasn't too bad:-


but by Wednesday morning he'd got more on his face/neck and they'd spread to his torso and legs - he was absolutely covered. The blisters have pretty much all scabbed over, apart from a few on his legs, but they're proving quite sore; he can't sit down comfortably because of ones round his groin and bumhole, and because he's a mass of sores round his armpits and shoulders, its difficult to pick him up without hurting him. This photo gives you an approximation of how he's feeling right at this moment:-



Hopefully the sores will heal up quickly so he's able to move around as per usual, and get back to Playgroup next week.

Someone remind me again why we don't immunise against this?