As a mother, I've faced my fair share of parenting challenges, but nothing quite prepared me for the day found out my son, Jamiel, had chickenpox. He and his sister have been at their grandparent's place for over three weeks since they were on summer break, and they have been attending summer class from there.
I had gone to visit my parents when I received a call that morning that my son wanted to talk to me on the phone, after speaking to him and promising him a visit that evening which I did, and it was there we found out he had chicken pox.
I have never experienced this as a parent, and so I took him to the clinic and medicines were prescribed for him and since then, he has been on medication.
That was three days ago and so today I went there again with a lotion that was recommended to use on him and found out that the chicken pox has spread more, according to my mother it was better it came out than for it to remain in the blood, it is said that the chicken pox comes from the blood that is why he had to take the medicine and as well use the lotion on his body
His dad has been quite sad about it. Today when we went to visit and saw that the once very playful boy was indoors and just lying down in a corner, he asked that he and his sister go home with us just for tonight because they still had a week to stay with their grandparents.
Chickenpox is a highly contagious viral infection, and my first instinct was to isolate Jamiel to prevent the spread of the virus to his younger siblings and other family members, but it wasn't possible to so has he wanted to be around people, and we had to leave him be and just be conscious ourselves.
I have also taken a preventive measure on his sister, I started giving her antibiotics as recommended, so it doesn't spread to her too and also my sister has taken precautions too for her kids, I guess that was why I didn't see them today at my parents place.
The Chickenpox brought not only physical challenges but also emotional ones. Jamiel was frustrated and bored, missing out on his usual activities. As a mother, I struggled to find ways to keep his spirits up and reassure him that this difficult phase would pass.
I decided to give him my phone to watch a cartoon so he could keep himself busy and not worry about the itchy feeling he was getting, I cried this morning about not liking what was on his body, I had to encourage him that the phase will pass, and so did my parents, they did their best also to make him happy.
I only hope he recovers fully soon, so he can go about his daily activities. Because it's sad to see him so down and feverish, at times.
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Una experiencia inesperada
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Como madre, he enfrentado una buena cantidad de desafíos como madre, pero nada me preparó para el día en que descubrí que mi hijo, Jamiel, tenía varicela. Él y su hermana han estado en casa de sus abuelos durante más de tres semanas desde que estaban de vacaciones de verano, y desde allí han estado asistiendo a clases de verano.
Había ido a visitar a mis padres cuando esa mañana recibí una llamada diciendo que mi hijo quería hablar conmigo por teléfono, después de hablar con él y prometerle una visita esa noche, lo cual hice, y fue allí que nos enteramos que había varicela.
Nunca he experimentado esto como padre, así que lo llevé a la clínica y le recetaron medicamentos y desde entonces ha estado tomando medicamentos.
Eso fue hace tres días y hoy fui nuevamente con una loción que me recomendaron para usar en él y descubrí que la varicela se ha extendido más, según mi madre era mejor que saliera que se quedara en el sangre, se dice que la varicela viene de la sangre por eso tuvo que tomar el medicamento y también usar la loción en su cuerpo.
Su padre ha estado bastante triste por esto. Hoy, cuando fuimos de visita y vimos que el niño que alguna vez fue muy juguetón estaba adentro y acostado en un rincón, pidió que él y su hermana se fueran a casa con nosotros solo por esta noche porque todavía tenían una semana para quedarse con sus abuelos.
La varicela es una infección viral altamente contagiosa, y mi primer instinto fue aislar a Jamiel para evitar la propagación del virus a sus hermanos menores y otros miembros de la familia, pero no fue posible y él quería estar rodeado de gente, y nosotros Tuvimos que dejarlo en paz y simplemente tomar conciencia nosotros mismos.
También tomé una medida preventiva con su hermana, comencé a darle antibióticos según lo recomendado, para que no le contagie a ella también y además mi hermana también ha tomado precauciones con sus hijos, supongo que por eso no vi. ellos hoy en casa de mis padres.
La varicela trajo no sólo desafíos físicos sino también emocionales.
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