In all my 30 years, I've never had chicken pox. I've also imagined myself 2b one of the lucky few who might escape having chicken pox in her lifetime. Alas, I experienced my 1st spot last Tue! Then more spots appeared over the next few days, on my torso, back, neck, face and scalp! The place where I experienced the greatest discomfort was my scalp, extremely painful when I lay down. I couldn't even brush my hair properly, for fear of rupturing the spots.
On Wed morning, under Dr Lui's advice, Dearie brought me to KKH 24Hr Women's Clinic for treatment. As I was also experiencing backaches, the nurses put me on CDG to monitor baby's heartbeat and my contractions. As I was having regular contractions, they had me admitted so as to monitor my condition, for fear of preterm labour. They placed greater emphasis on my pregnancy and luckily, I was tested negative for preterm labour. In the evening, they gave me anti-viral drugs for chicken pox while administering blood test to confirm it's chicken pox. Cos though I had the spots, I didn't have fever and didn't seem as tired.
As my contractions stopped the next morning, I was discharged on Thur afternoon. However, I would need to isolate myself from Charlotte. It's cos though she was vaccinated against it last Mon, her immunity would only kick in 3 weeks to a month after being vaccinated. Luckily, Dearie is already immune, having contracted it when young.
It has been a week plus since the onset of my 1st spots. I have stopped growing new spots and the redness and swelling have gone down a lot *phew* Some of the spots are also drying up and falling off. Hope I can recover fast! I miss seeing and playing with Charlotte so much! Hiding in my room, I can only hear her voice and anklet ringing when she moves around. There are also a couple of times when she knocks on the door, calling out for me. Luckily, she understands Dearie when he tells her that Mummy is sick and doesn't want to spread the virus to her.
Tomorrow, I will be going for my follow-up appointment at KKH as well as to know my blood test results. But we guess it should be chicken pox, given the symptoms. Hope my isolation efforts will pay off and Charlotte will not catch the virus from me and suffer unnecessarily. Also hope that she won't forget me after such a long period of absence!
On Wed morning, under Dr Lui's advice, Dearie brought me to KKH 24Hr Women's Clinic for treatment. As I was also experiencing backaches, the nurses put me on CDG to monitor baby's heartbeat and my contractions. As I was having regular contractions, they had me admitted so as to monitor my condition, for fear of preterm labour. They placed greater emphasis on my pregnancy and luckily, I was tested negative for preterm labour. In the evening, they gave me anti-viral drugs for chicken pox while administering blood test to confirm it's chicken pox. Cos though I had the spots, I didn't have fever and didn't seem as tired.
As my contractions stopped the next morning, I was discharged on Thur afternoon. However, I would need to isolate myself from Charlotte. It's cos though she was vaccinated against it last Mon, her immunity would only kick in 3 weeks to a month after being vaccinated. Luckily, Dearie is already immune, having contracted it when young.
It has been a week plus since the onset of my 1st spots. I have stopped growing new spots and the redness and swelling have gone down a lot *phew* Some of the spots are also drying up and falling off. Hope I can recover fast! I miss seeing and playing with Charlotte so much! Hiding in my room, I can only hear her voice and anklet ringing when she moves around. There are also a couple of times when she knocks on the door, calling out for me. Luckily, she understands Dearie when he tells her that Mummy is sick and doesn't want to spread the virus to her.
Tomorrow, I will be going for my follow-up appointment at KKH as well as to know my blood test results. But we guess it should be chicken pox, given the symptoms. Hope my isolation efforts will pay off and Charlotte will not catch the virus from me and suffer unnecessarily. Also hope that she won't forget me after such a long period of absence!
