Thursday, June 25, 2009

Pox again!

Just as sam got over his chicken pox, the inevitable happened, Matt came down with them. He has felt awful the last two days and has spent them in bed, which is not like him. Normally if he is not feeling well he just soldiers on but not this time. He is like a furnace to touch and alternates between feeling hot and cold. He has a growing collection of spots which so far don't itch. I have a squirt bottle of calamine on hand for when they do tough. I just hope that the feeling awful doesn't last the whole duration of illness, I would hate for him to spend the next week or so feeling like death warmed over.

Things have been pretty quiet here as we cancelled all sam's playdates and activities, not wanting to knowingly pass on the pox. As he felt fine we continued with school work, though at a slower pace than usual. We also spent the week at home, which I think is the first time we have spent a full week on dry land since getting the boat. As the captain now has the pox and won't be at work looks like we will be landlubbers this week as well.

3 comments:

Elizabeth (My Reading World) said...

Awe--poor Matt!! I just found out last night that our niece just broke out 4 days ago with them--we saw her just over 2 weeks ago--so hopefully that means we'll be fine.

Hope the fever dies down and the itchiness is minimual.

sam said...

Oh no! Hope you guys don't get it, it is no fun in the heat!

Dad said...

I hope Matthew is over with the POX by now and you guys can have a very Happy Anniversary!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!