A Pox in Our House

So Jack's illnesses of last week (a stuffy nose and, bizarrely, a urinary tract infection) that I never got a chance to write about have now been dwarfed by the finding that he has come down with chicken pox.  Yes, chicken pox have sprung up all over my poor little baby's body.  You can see one of the biggest spots in this picture, just above his right eyebrow, and if you look really closely you can see the calamine lotion in his hair.  Poor baby.

He's not scratching at them, but they must be bothering him because last night he didn't sleep for more than an hour at a time.  And that was even with me in bed with him.  So I'm shattered and am not going to write more right now.  Dr. Hay just gave us the go-ahead to use a decongestant/pain reliever called Medised, so hopefully tonight will be better.

The most annoying thing of all about this?  Just last week I scheduled Jack's 1 year immunizations and checkup for March 20--a little early since we're leaving and I wanted to do it with Dr. Hay rather than find a pediatrician right after we get to St. Louis--and the chicken pox vaccine is typically included with that round of shots.  He was less than 3 weeks from being immunized.  Ugh.