My Melissa has......

[carole]

Thank you.

[Tollers-n-Dobes]

That's awful I hope she starts to feel better soon, I had them when I was young and remember being absolutely miserable with them...not fun at all.

[caseysmom]

I hope she feel better soon, tell her not to scratch. Most kids here don't get them anymore, all the kids get vaccinated.

[carole]

So far she has been really good, i hope it is not the calm before the storm, yes vaccination was an option, but i decided against it, even though i am really for vaccinating my children, this one i tossed with and i hope i do not live to regret my decision,it was not one offered by schools or the goverment in NZ, and i really could not make my mind up about it, because she is nearly 14 i guess i figured she just was not going to get them at all.

[AbbyMom]

Hope she gets better soon! And yes, make sure she understands not to scratch. I learned the hard way. Tell her she can be smart about it and resist the scratching!

[caseysmom]

Well the vaccine has some questions too. My daughter had a few spots in 5th grade and her teacher was pregnant and not sure if she had them as a child or not so I kept my daughter home for a week just in case. I worry that what if my daughters get them when they are grown and pregnant or something, I am just not sure how good the vaccine is since it just came out with our childrens generation.

My pediatritian recommended it though so we did do it.

You won't regret it, she will be fine. We all grew up with them.

[G535]

I hope she gets better soon. I can't remember what age I had chickenpox but it was in primary school and I did get three weeks off.

Hope your weather improves soon too, I just saw a bit about your storms on the online news.

[davidpizzica]

Oh, Carole! Big {{{{HUGS}}}} to you and Melissa! I hope she's comfortable and coping with it the best she can. With all of the illnesses I've had, I've never had chickenpox! Tell Melissa that Pittsburgh prayers and good wishes are coming her way!