Poxy poxy poxy

[ailbhe]

A friend's child may or may not have chickenpox; if it's the pox, we can't fly to Ireland, I think.

Oh GOTT IM HIMMEL why?!

"You are infectious from about two days before the rash appears until roughly five days after."

The child played here for over two hours on Sunday and the spots arrived today (Tuesday). Our flight is on Saturday.

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[clare-s.livejournal.com]

I think you will be fine to fly, see FB comment. The incubation period is 10 - 21 days so Saturday is less than 8.

[ailbhe]

I'm also concerned about my pregnant sister, her immunocompromised eldest child, and our other sister's very young baby.

I hope my friends get a doctor to look at their child and come up with some other diagnosis, is all. I can't see us being welcome at Christmas with possible pox.

[clare-s.livejournal.com]

That puts a completely different complexion on the whole thing ! Fingers crossed that its something else but it is a very distinctive rash.

[ailbhe]

Hah, just called my mum - after the fiasco in 2006, when the children and I travelled to Ireland to spend Christmas with her and we all had to come back to England again, she REALLY wants us to go so the others can stay away if they prefer to do so, and my kids can have the pox in her house just as comfortably as in mine.

Phew.

[clare-s.livejournal.com]

Yay that is a good result. Have fun !

[k425.livejournal.com]

Even if friend's child has pox, that doesn't make your pair infectious. Not all children in contact with infected children catch it - one of Jack's nursery friends went through four years at nursery and failed to catch the pox, despite there being four or five bouts of it during that time.

The biggest problem I see with CP is that there's an incubation period of up to 21 days - so you won't really know whether child was infectious last Sunday until the new year. (Er. Unless L or E comes down with pox sooner, of course.) It would be a shame to cancel your trip on the off-chance - I'd go and see your GP and see what they say.