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Chickenpox

February 12, 2008 by piereth

R has it. His spots are bursting and itching, covering him in pus and bloody streaks. He’s still my little love, so patient, so uncomplaining; he says it itches, but that’s it. My heart is breaking.

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7 Responses to “Chickenpox”

on February 13, 2008 at 3:54 pm1 Jenny

There’s a great book by a Canadian author, Robert Munsch called “Arthur’s Chickenpox”. Arthur’s gramma makes him an oatmeal bath and brings him some juice to drink with a curly straw while he’s in the tub. He gets to eat dinner on the couch in front of the TV and just generally gets pampered.

My son (who will be 16 in a couple of months) talks about having the chickenpox when he was little. I read him that story while he was having an oatmeal bath and juice with a curly straw.

Poor little R. I hope he gets better soon!
on February 13, 2008 at 8:00 pm2 jennyincanada

… by the way, I’ve started blogging again … on my own this time. Hopefully I’ll have something interesting to write in the next couple of days!
on February 13, 2008 at 8:23 pm3 piereth

Righto Jenny! I’ll have to drop in on you!

That book sounds good - I’m ‘fighting off the stress’ with wine and chocolate cake. R is thankfully past the worst of it now - much brighter and more cheeky - all good signs!
on February 13, 2008 at 10:51 pm4 jennyincanada

Wait for a bit before you drop in … for some reason, my posts aren’t working. Sigh. I keep clicking “publish” but nothing happens. I hope I can figure it out!
on February 14, 2008 at 7:46 pm5 mamatried

Ugghh…chicken pox Hope the itching subsides quickly!
on February 15, 2008 at 1:26 am6 jennyincanada

For some reason, my blog doesn’t give a link when I make a comment. Any ideas as to how to fix it?

jennyincanada.wordpress.com
on February 15, 2008 at 9:36 pm7 piereth

Bizarre, Jen. No, I don’t! I wondered if you were blogging on WordPress - if you are it should all be automatic!