Previously, we mentioned that Keyla had chicken pox. The poor girl got taken out bad by the disease, but she is finally on the tail end of her journey. We had been concerned about the spreading of the disease since, at this point, we have no reasonable way to quarantine any of the girls. However, in my naively non-medical eyes, I saw the disease taking its leave.
Well, that chicken pox sure is a little trooper. Like the little engine that could, it kept going and never giving up or losing hope. And now, after a 20 day incubation period, the disease is popping up everywhere like a screwed up game of whack-a-mole. Within the past four days, five more of our kids have gotten the pox—one of which had had the vaccine already. Not only that, there are a few more potential candidates who have yet to get poxed. I, too, am a potentially potentila candidate, since I have not had it, but had a vaccine. My only hope is that the US vaccines are way better than those down here. I would hate to be left out and all, but a selfish streak in me desires to never be touched by the disease.
There are so many lessons we can learn from chicken pox.
- Never give up. Everyone may be against you and trying to do everything in their power to stop you from being yourself. Don't let them bring you down.
- Share. With so much to offer, it would be unjust to not spread the love to those around you. Thank you for sharing, you dirty disease.
- In whatever you do, do it to the best of your ability. This disease could have been a few spots here and there, but no--that would be mediocrity. Poxy has put it's best effort in, covering all areas of the body with as many of it's little blisters as possible.
Thank you, chicken pox, for teaching us so many valuable life lessons.
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Aaron Dear... just to let you know that you might have gotten the vaccine. Yes, good, but you also have had this little virus quite nicely when you were 8yrs old for 8 days, May 30 '94-June 6 '94 and it definitely covered you from head to toe!!! Yes the incubation period is about 2-3wks before others could be blessed with this annoying little virus! May your humor see the others thru this obnoxious little childhood virus!! :)Blessings and Comfort to all. :0 Madre xoxo
lol I too find this wonderfully precarious disease to be nothing but fair, it seems to unconventionally thrust all that it has at us (I loved the little engine that could example), and then we (though unwillingly) have to accept the ride. Well i guess you win some and lose some, lol lets just hope you win this one.
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