My Walks of Life

i`m posting this entry from home on friday morning
the reason is because i`m off duty for alternate days since wednesday, taking turns with DH.
why?our dear Aufa is having shingles on her neck.


Shingles is a skin rash caused by the same virus that causes chickenpox. This virus is called the Varicella zoster virus (VZV) . After an individual has chickenpox, this virus lives in the nervous system and is never fully cleared from the body. Under certain circumstances, such as emotional stress, immune deficiency or with cancer, the virus reactivates and causes shingles.


well, to know more on shingles, click here. it is a very rare condition in children actually. at first we thought it was only eczema, trated her with steroid cream. later we noticed it got worsen, and thought she caught chicken pox from her cousins, ironically the pox do not have fluid-like blister, it started with red base just like an insect bites and transformed to dry rashes. so when we first took her to see Dr Wati, a peaditrician -she diagnosed shingles right away at the moment she saw the blisters mark, plus the history i gave on Aufa exposure to chicken pox. she said, there are 2 posibilities :


1) Aufa must have caught chicken pox before, of which i can`t remember when.she only had measles when she was about 1 years old.
or ..
2) Aufa had a chicken pox vaccination before, of which i can`t trace the record either, her past vaccination card was left in one of the boxes in Teluk Intan`s house. but, as far i can recalled she only have pneumoccocal vaccination on top of the compulsary immunization by the health ministry. i`m only sure that Abir got it, since his kindy made it compulsary last time.

anyway, she is been on antiviral ie acyclovir sy and cream medications 5x daily.and seems recovering very well. everyday, she keeps on asking us to send her to school. she really missed her friends already.