This past week we've been seeing little bumps on Maya that looked like various sorts of bug bites. We were unsure of their origin (Victoria and Brianna insisted on labeling them "spider bites" although there are no visible spiders in our house, no one else had bites, and spiders biting humans is for the most part a defense mechanism, not a way to feed. Well after Brianna's Little Princess party on Saturday, we found more bumps and one that was round and looked like a pustule that you would see with poison ivy. With winter in our area and all, poison ivy was kinda unlikely, so we looked on the 'net for possible reasons and narrowed it down to a mild case of Chicken Pox (last week a low-grade fever, current runny nose, no other symptoms).
"But wait," you say, "Don't they immunize kids for Chicken Pox nowadays?" Sure they do. But a small percentage of those who get immunized can still get Chicken Pox, and most of those are a mild case. Always read the fine print!
So Victoria spent a good part of the night calling people to cancel the family and friends Brianna/Maya party planned for Sunday, and then calling the people who came to Saturday's party to warn them of their Chicken Pox exposure. Sorry world! I have no idea where she got it from, but if anyone is likely to get a rare medical condition, it is Maya. She is as happy as can be anyway, and seems to be unbothered by the pox.
Right now I am blogging from a surgical center as Victoria has a minor procedure performed. I've got my healing thoughts going for a minor non-event...
-Chris
