buzz | April 10th, 2007
For Easter, Owen got a new haircut, and chicken pox (a reaction to the vaccine he got 3 days earlier). We left church early when the Dr. in our ward confirmed the disease. It looked like nasty bug bites to us, especially since he had a nasty spider bite earlier in the week. Abby, it should all be cleared up by the time you get here.
April 10th, 2007 at 1:49 pm
ryan, where is the DELETE THIS POST button? Please, could you remove the previous two. Flickr went crazy. Or maybe I did.
April 10th, 2007 at 9:46 pm
How adorable! I’m sorry about the chicken pox. Guess the vaccine is no guarantee.
April 10th, 2007 at 10:08 pm
He looks darling! I was under the impression that the chicken pox vaccine is a “dead” vaccine or something like that, meaning you can’t get chicken pox from it. That may sound stupid but I swear that’s what my doctor told me.
April 11th, 2007 at 1:46 am
Poor Owen. That just goes to show you.
I just felt like saying that.
April 11th, 2007 at 12:25 pm
Goes to show what? Is your name Joann? Abby, the way I understand it, the vaccine is “alive,” just such a small dose that it doesn’t usually cause an outbreak. And even with the vaccine, kids can still get chickenpox. My friend’s 4 kids were all vaccinated, and all 4 got chickenpox years later. All very mild cases though.
April 12th, 2007 at 9:37 am
I think the long and short of it is that the chicken pox had an agenda. And it was not to be stopped by some half-dead vaccine. Anyway, chicken pox as a small child is good because it protects one from shingles later in life, right?
April 12th, 2007 at 12:52 pm
yes, I hope so.