Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Poxed

The dr. has confirmed it is chicken pox for Mira though the blisters have formed scabs now. V has taken the cp vaccine, at last, on the dr's advice. Been prodding him the past 2 weeks but he had been putting it off.
The dr. said Ash is not likely to get it now as he must have been exposed to the virus around the same time, and anyway he would have immunity since he was vaccinated. We suspect that Mira got it from our friend's place than from her school.
Chicken pox seem to be doing the rounds in the city now. Two of my colleagues had it last month. But Tamilians look upon the disease as being possessed by a god, Amman. And they have some strange rituals associated with it. Relatives flock to the place to be possessed too. A neighbour's flat had its doors wide open when their kids all had CP. Otherwise they always kept it padlocked! A way of giving the disease to anybody who goes past. Only, I ran to the hosp then (Feb 2007) to get Mira vaccinated.
I am worried if my inlaws got infected while they were here.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

hi, the worries one has to undergo!
hopefully no one else gets.!
kids falling sick is very tiring for everyone..
wishing mir a speeding recovery.
God bless.
u all take care.
ust

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