Mia came down with the chicken pox on her leg, mostly on the inside of her thigh all of a sudden one afternoon. I took her to the doctor - at the time I didn't realise it was the chicken pox and although he said there were some convincing pox marks he wasn't convinced at that time that it was full blown chicken pox (how can there be convincing pox marks but he not be convinced it was chicken pox?!) the next day some of the spots had blistered over but there was new ones appearing. Some on the other leg, more on the original leg travelling down towards the ankle, a few on her tummy and back.
She wasn't itching. She didn't have a fever. She wasn't unhappy. The only thing that was different apart from the spots was her appetite. She had lost her appetite completely. She was fine at bedtime and a happy bunny most of the time.
It wasn't as bad as I had thought it was going to be. She continued to get spots for a week and they continued to blister each day. By the following weekend after the initial spots appeared they were beginning to clear up. We had to avoid other children and pregnant women as chicken pox can be harmful to pregnant women.
Day 1
Day 2
I feel quite relieved she's had them so young and didn't have too much of a tough time with them.
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