Pox, Day 2

Well, it appears that Josiah is getting the pox "right and proper" (as the Amish people say in all of Beverly Lewis's books). His spots are really coming out. I think today I'm going to start giving him the homeopathic remedy to help shorten the life of the virus. I just wanted to make sure he got a good enough case to spur that sweet immunity system on. I think we're there! Here's some photos. You can't see the pox very well, but they're there.... Here's his front...

his back....

He's got them on his neck, behind his ears, on his scalp....

even a couple in his mouth...poor baby!

Thankfully, they don't itch yet. And for the most part, he feels well.


And in the "Ummmm....what!!!???!!!"category...I have pox-like blisters on my arm...

and even one on my back. I mean good grief, I've had chicken pox...TWICE! Thankfully, all my "pox" are located in one little spot on my arm and even though they itch, it's not terrible. Nothing Aveeno can't knock out....
but then...last night after a day of feeling fever-ish and "blah" Jeffrey had NEW SPOTS!! "Ummm....what??!!" indeed! We thought we were done and had closed the book on Jeffrey's chicken pox era, but in all the same places (wierd, huh!) where he had a rash last week, he's got new spots, this time a lot more of them are blistery looking. Which begs the question...what did he have for the last two weeks??? Pre-pox? Beats me...

Here's his new spots. Two weeks ago this area was red and "whelp"-ish, but now it's covered in blisters. Sigh! Even spots that looked "pox"y two weeks ago, are back and red. It's a mystery for sure. We've just decided to treat the earlier "whatever" as a practice run and a heads up for the Big Dance. So, now, we're buckling down for the long haul. After all, if you gotta have a disease, might as well have a brother with them as well! :-)