When I was a kid, I got Measles and then Chicken Pox all in a row. I was out of school for a month. And I know that I was vaccinated for both back then.
These kids need to ‘man up’ and just live through it like we did. ;)
I’m for Parental Choice when it comes to vaccines though it obviously isn’t 100%, as with all things in Life. ;)
My brother & I presented with chicken pox the day after our newborn brother came home from the hospital. I believe Newby got a shot of gamma globulin & was fine (he got chicken pox several years later).
The same brother who got chicken pox when I did, also got measles when I did. We both had German & Red measles the same summer. I can remember mom keeping us in a darkened room & ‘bathing’ us in alcohol to get the fever down (common practice then, not done now). Our pediatrician made house calls & stopped by once to check us out. We recovered just fine.
When I was a little girl, the only vaccination was for smallpox.
My Mom said I had the mumps and the chicken pox at the same time.
I remember being sick and cranky while playing with the older boy upstairs who was annoying me, so I hit him with a chair and bloodied his nose.
I think my Dad was secretly proud of me, because that boy was pretty ornery.