MinorityView
09-07-10, 10:20 AM
They went to a CP party a few weeks back. All 5 children who went to the party caught it and they have shared it (on request) with other families, so we have a nice little "epidemic" going in our neck of the woods.
My grandkids are pretty much done. My granddaughter, who had it first and worst, just has pink spots here and there. She looks more mature, her face has changed a bit.
My grandson who had it second and a milder case, is at the stage of dropping scabs hither and yon. He considers this a mildly interesting process, but not as interesting as his new teeth which are coming in.
Neither would have been particularly ill, but their mom had to be away at a conference when the illness was at its height, and that was huge. If I wanted a demo of the importance and centrality of themother child connection, I got one :enlighten:
Their father actually packed the two sick children into the car and drove 2 1/2 hours to the conference and camped out with them in a tent...just so they could have their mommy. And he could stop dealing with two very unhappy children. And get some sleep!
The medical view:
http://insidevaccines.com/wordpress/2010/02/25/myths-3-2-chickenpox-the-disease-can-be-severe/
Myths 3.2 Chickenpox “the disease can be severe”
February 25, 2010 by generic (http://insidevaccines.com/wordpress/author/generic/)
Filed under: CDC Watch (http://insidevaccines.com/wordpress/category/cdc-watch/), Parents' Pages (http://insidevaccines.com/wordpress/category/parents-pages/), Vaccine Myths (http://insidevaccines.com/wordpress/category/vaccine-myths/), Vaccine/Disease Analysis (http://insidevaccines.com/wordpress/category/vaccinedisease-analysis/)
http://insidevaccines.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/600px-CD-REWRITABLE_LOGO-300x300.png (http://insidevaccines.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/600px-CD-REWRITABLE_LOGO.png)Parents who take their children to chicken pox parties (http://www.journalstar.com/lifestyles/faith-and-values/article_aa4cae63-0b43-5b7d-9780-e88052c48bbd.html) have forgotten how devastating this childhood disease can be according to vaccination experts:
“What happens if you bring your child to a chicken pox party and they’re the one in 10 who has a complication and is hospitalized?” said Dr. Jane Zucker, head of the city Health Department’s immunizations bureau.
We went back to 1951 (http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Iqg0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=TGgFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3468,5395774&dq=chickenpox+complications+%7C+death&hl=en), when chickenpox afflicted millions of children every year in the U.S. to see if complications and hospitalization from chickenpox were common:
In general, chickenpox is a disease of young children and in them it usually runs an uneventful, if uncomfortable, course without leaving behind it any permanent bad effects. In very rare instances, a case of encephalitis or inflammation of the brain may occur after chickenpox, causing such symptoms as sleepiness, stiff neck, convulsions, coma, and even death.
Ordinarily, however, chickenpox is a mild though highly contagious disease…
follow the link if you want to read the rest :)
My grandkids are pretty much done. My granddaughter, who had it first and worst, just has pink spots here and there. She looks more mature, her face has changed a bit.
My grandson who had it second and a milder case, is at the stage of dropping scabs hither and yon. He considers this a mildly interesting process, but not as interesting as his new teeth which are coming in.
Neither would have been particularly ill, but their mom had to be away at a conference when the illness was at its height, and that was huge. If I wanted a demo of the importance and centrality of themother child connection, I got one :enlighten:
Their father actually packed the two sick children into the car and drove 2 1/2 hours to the conference and camped out with them in a tent...just so they could have their mommy. And he could stop dealing with two very unhappy children. And get some sleep!
The medical view:
http://insidevaccines.com/wordpress/2010/02/25/myths-3-2-chickenpox-the-disease-can-be-severe/
Myths 3.2 Chickenpox “the disease can be severe”
February 25, 2010 by generic (http://insidevaccines.com/wordpress/author/generic/)
Filed under: CDC Watch (http://insidevaccines.com/wordpress/category/cdc-watch/), Parents' Pages (http://insidevaccines.com/wordpress/category/parents-pages/), Vaccine Myths (http://insidevaccines.com/wordpress/category/vaccine-myths/), Vaccine/Disease Analysis (http://insidevaccines.com/wordpress/category/vaccinedisease-analysis/)
http://insidevaccines.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/600px-CD-REWRITABLE_LOGO-300x300.png (http://insidevaccines.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/600px-CD-REWRITABLE_LOGO.png)Parents who take their children to chicken pox parties (http://www.journalstar.com/lifestyles/faith-and-values/article_aa4cae63-0b43-5b7d-9780-e88052c48bbd.html) have forgotten how devastating this childhood disease can be according to vaccination experts:
“What happens if you bring your child to a chicken pox party and they’re the one in 10 who has a complication and is hospitalized?” said Dr. Jane Zucker, head of the city Health Department’s immunizations bureau.
We went back to 1951 (http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Iqg0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=TGgFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3468,5395774&dq=chickenpox+complications+%7C+death&hl=en), when chickenpox afflicted millions of children every year in the U.S. to see if complications and hospitalization from chickenpox were common:
In general, chickenpox is a disease of young children and in them it usually runs an uneventful, if uncomfortable, course without leaving behind it any permanent bad effects. In very rare instances, a case of encephalitis or inflammation of the brain may occur after chickenpox, causing such symptoms as sleepiness, stiff neck, convulsions, coma, and even death.
Ordinarily, however, chickenpox is a mild though highly contagious disease…
follow the link if you want to read the rest :)