Stressed Neurotic Mom Warning

[maisymom]

We are leaving for disney Feb 23 Last Friday a notice is going home in my kindergar. class that chicken pox is going around. Today my son tells me that a little girl in his speech class went home sick and had chicken pox on her(confirmed by the nurse). I hope my three kids dont get it. we are on 21 days away. Had this planned since april of last year

 

[dreamalittledream]

OMG!! did you children have the vaccine? How long does it take to run the course? can you "expose them" to get it over with faster? (I don't believe I said that, I really am a good mother. )

 

[maisymom]

all my kids had the vaccine. And my 6 i guess has now been exposed. But the doctor says its a wait and see what happens . I am going to cry if i have to cancel my trip.

 

[YCFAN]

The opposite happened with my son. He had the vaccine when he was little and then two weeks after our trip to WDW he came down with the chicken pox. It was a very mild case of course because of the vaccine but still had to be kept away from other children. I told the doctor I had not heard of any other cases in the area and he asked me what we were doing two weeks ago.......Disney. He said two weeks is the incubation period and evidently someone he had come in contact with during our vacation had exposed him.

 

[andromedaslove]

Why are ki8ds required to get the vaccine if they can still get chicken pox? I have been against the chicken pox vaccine since I first learned children were required to get it for school. Never really understood why they had to have it, but if they can still get chicken pox after getting the vaccine then I understand it even less.

Dana

 

[mary's mom]

When I was 26yr. old I got the chicken pox and delayed my vacation by one day. After the fever part of it was over I drove down to wdw. I live in MS. All I did to help myself was to cover my spots with caladryle (sp) lotion and wore shorts. I have my picture by Pooh Bear wearing something with spots on it and covered with spots myself. Some people (little kids) gazed at me and I would say that I was okay. You can still have a great time. I sure did. Please note I went around July 4th that year.

 

[maisymom]

My doctor said that if you have the vaccine you have a 80% immunity against getting them? I guess cause there is only seven cases since last week in school. Im still going to stress about this till we get on the plane

 

[YCFAN]

Please note I went around July 4th that year.

Was it July 4th last year? If it was, now I know who exposed my 4 year old! LOL!

 

[bamagirl@hrt]

We weren't planning a trip to Disney at the time, but my DD got chicken pox last February. She was in first grade & had the vaccine as an infant/toddler. It was a very mild case. She never had fever; never felt bad; never itched. She just had a couple of patches of red spots. These spots didn't even fester & pop like "good, old fashioned" chicken pox. The doctor said that's how most chicken pox present in a child who's had the vaccine. I did keep her out of school a few days, but, since she didn't feel bad, I doubt I would've canceled a trip to Disney.

 

[YCFAN]

Why are ki8ds required to get the vaccine if they can still get chicken pox? I have been against the chicken pox vaccine since I first learned children were required to get it for school. Never really understood why they had to have it, but if they can still get chicken pox after getting the vaccine then I understand it even less.

It causes the exposure to be a much milder case even though they can still get the disease. This is very important especially in young boys because chicken pox can cause sterility.

 

[maisymom]

I was thinking about that , If my son was to get them and it was not a bad case...no temp no sickness would i still go...I'm thinking I would ...probaly going to get flamed.

 

[GoofyBaseballMom26]

I always thought it was the mumps that could cause sterility. I never heard that about the chicken pox.

 

[Pea-n-Me]

We had a small outbreak at my kids school last year, just a few kids. It was actually documented by the DPH because it was the first seen since the vaccine started (so the school nurse told me).

The reason for the vaccine is that if they do get the chicken pox it is usually a very mild case. DD ended up getting them but she only had 5 lesions total, and only one was a classic pox, confirmed by her pediatrician. She wasn't even sick - just itchy. Believe it or not, her twin brother who's in the same class even, didn't get them.

Incubation is about 14 days from the time of exposure. They're in the clear when all the lesions are crusted over.

Hope you make it on the trip!! Maybe your kids won't get them.

 

[maisymom]

Thank you ...I hope we all stay healthy.

 

[Pea-n-Me]

Sterility is not one of the things seen with chicken pox - that would be mumps as another poster said. Chicken Pox

 

[maisymom]

thank you Pea N Me

 

[ntengwall]

This is precisely why we won't get the vaccine. No way I am going to expose my boys to all the junk in the vaccines (formaldehyde, acetone, etc...) if it doesn't even work. As a matter of fact, most vaccines only have a 50% success rate. Being vaccinated against a disease is NOT the same thing as being immune to a disease.
I would much rather them get them and have real life-long immunity! We actually have chicken pox parties within our homeschooling group when a child becomes infected! LOL Most of us do not vaccinate.
Good luck though and I hope for you sake that yours don't get it. I got them when I waas 15 and went on a ski trip with scabs and spots all over my face and body!!

 

[lclark0621]

The Chicken Pox Vax is only 75% effective. One in 4 WILL still get chicken pox. And it is NOT guarenteed it will be a "milder case".

I just went through all the research with our doctor. Thankfully she agrees with me & is also against the vax.

Also there is no proof the vax will make you immune "for life". There is NO conclusive study as to how long the vax will last.

So there is a pretty good chance all these "safe kids" who got the vax, may end up at risk for chicken pox as an adult which is much more dangerous.

My doctor feels children will need boosters & hopes the info comes out sooner, rather then later, when we have an adult epidemic.

Also chicken pox is extremely dangerous for a pregnant woman (especially her baby). Which is a major concer about the vax wearing off over time.

 

[andromedaslove]

Yeah, but what do you do if your school requires the vaccination? I don't plan on honeschooling my kids, but don't want them to get the vaccine either.

 

[lauritagoddess]

It takes 10-21 days from contact with someone who's infected to develop chickenpox, and then you're contagious until the blisters have scabbed over. I'll keep my fx for you that the kids won't come down with it. I did take my son to Sesame Place last year when he was sick. He was running a temp with no other symptoms, I took him to the pediatrician the morning before we had to leave and she said that it was probably just a virus and that if he were her child she'd go. We had a good time but he was more tired and cranky than usual, but I'm glad I took him.

And with the chicken pox vaccine not conferring lifetime immunity, I always wonder why people bring that up as if that's a problem with the vaccine. Most vaccines don't confer lifetime immunity. I had to get a MMR booster before I started college and then 10 years later before I had my son my rubella titer was tested and I had to get another booster. So if you needed a booster for chickenpox, it wouldn't be out of the ordinary.