Sam is in day 5 of the chicken pox and so far, so good. It's a very mild case, and even though the spots are everywhere, some of them are already starting to vanish.
Last night Emma went outside to play. We live on a cul-de-sac and every night after dinner it's filled with tons of kids. Before Emma could get into the street to see her friends, one of our neighbors approached her. He asked her if it was true that Sam has chicken pox and when she told him it was,
our neighbor told her that he didn't want Emma playing with his kids.
Chicken Pox is spread in the air. It's highly contagious, if you have it. However, Emma does not have chicken pox. In fact, she has been vaccinated against the virus twice. The chances that she is ever going to get it, in her entire life, are only 25%. My neighbor's children are 3 and 5, which means that they have also been vaccinated against chicken pox, making the chances of them contracting it even lower!
Emma came inside crying. She was sad because she wanted to play outside and was told she couldn't. I felt so badly for her, especially because not only is she perfectly healthy, but she is not contagious. Joel tried to go outside and talk to our neighbor, but as soon as he saw Joel, he went into his garage and closed the door. Apparently, our entire house is under quarantine!
As a mom, I was angry at our neighbor for being so ignorant and rude. But what do you tell your 6 year old? It is against my better judgement to set up our brand new, giant bounce-house in the front yard tonight and see if our neighbor lets his kids come over then. It's tough being a grown up... I can't be nearly as immature as I'd like to be sometimes!
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I never in my entire life wanted to beat people up until I had kids. Now I fantasize about it when someone says or does something mean to my kiddos. Do you want me to come help you with your neighbor???
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