Moving on

liselle

Yes hate to say it but I too had scarlet fever twice as a child.Was hospitalised with it once.I hadn’t realised that it had reared its ugly head again nowadays.

Cherryfudge

I don't think I've ever had it but this poor child had it twice in about three months. I don't know whether it was lab-confirmed, though. They still had some reddening this week but was cheerful and lively.

badmemory

At least children can be treated at home now, I was sent to the isolation hospital.  There were 6 of us got it, but none of the others had measles too so I was all on my own (sob, sob) & they were all together.  Visitors thro glass & only on Sundays & my poor mother was very very pregnant.

Cherryfudge

That sounds pretty dreadful, @badmemory. Were you in for long? I suppose as a child any time is long.

liselle

Isn’t it a sad memory, I had the same experience.It was during the Queen’s Coronation and I remember my parents holding a little glass coach and horses up at the glass screen. Then when I was finally allowed home, I caught it again a few weeks later and was kept in bed at home with a sheet hanging at the door.My fear of hospitals has stayed with me ever since.I was four at the time.

Laura_Elsewhere

I was much more fortunate as I had my scarlet fever in the 1970s, so although the household was plunged into isolation, I didn't need to go into hospital. 
My mum spent a year in a TB sanitorium as a teenager in the mid-1950s, so she did know a thing or two about nursing infectious disease! 

badmemory

I wasn't quite 4 in early 1950 & actually didn't really mind it.  The nurses were lovely & used to do jigsaws with me.  It would have been worse a year later after I lost some of my hearing.  Not the measles though, just a few too many bouts of tonsilitis that went to ear infections.  They didn't used to give out antibios back then.  I was really shocked when I read that they could treat scarlet fever at home though.

Cherryfudge

My heart does really go out to those who had to suffer isolation: it must stay with you forever. We have a lot to be thankful for nowadays, though obviously there are illnesses now that didn't exist back then.

Cherryfudge

Rather an exhausting day though it went well for me. Unfortunately for DH it looks as though he has flu, and it's moving around looking for different areas to attack him. It's gone for his guts, eyes and a terrible hacking cough today. The chemist recommended another chemist for eye drops but they were shut when he got there so he can't get that treated till tomorrow, if then. If it's viral, the antibiotic drops won't help his eyes, he just has to keep bathing them.

I had the girls to look after from just after eight, and we had a lovely day. Going shopping yesterday had tired me so I planned not to go out with them and we just had fun playing all morning, then went for a short walk after lunch but they both fell asleep within minutes so I turned round and took them home. The rest of the afternoon was a mixture of TV for the older one while the younger one slept, then some play with an ingenious magnetic construction toy followed by hide and seek. I'm not sure the older one has quite got the hang of this as she counts to three (but from another room and 'no peeking') while I find a place like behind a door, then she wanders round checking the places she's seen me before and calling out 'Where are you?'

DS1 has managed to book for a dental operation he needs. He's been worried about it but seems more relaxed now that it's settled. It won't be a small thing but needs to be done and thankfully he can get it done soon.

I had a text from my friend that the Tuesday group could meet tonight so we had a meal and a catch up for the first time in ages. For one reason or another we can't meet for the next couple of weeks but the week after that is a possibility.

I managed to get away without spending anything today, though admittedly I would have walked the children down to the supermarket if they hadn't slept so quickly.

alt80

Thank you for the mention. 

Hope things start looking up soon for you husband. Flu is awful.

It’s easy to spend on silly things for kids so well done!