On Thursday evening, I saw a couple of spots on Nora’s back. I was thinking ‘Oh dear! She must have got bitten by a bug’ maybe from playing outside or maybe I need to change the sheets more than once a week.

On Friday, I received a text from Liz telling me that Nate has chicken pox! I replied saying that Nora just has a bit of spots but maybe they are just spots and carried on the day as normal until about 12 noon when Lina text me to say that she does not think that Maya has chicken pox.

Oh dear. This was after we met up with Mei and her baby brother in the library. So I cancelled her playdate with Maya as a precaution and went off to get calamine lotion.

Come Saturday, the spots on her back was scabby and there were more spots… even under her hair.

So, here I am on Monday trying to find things to entertain her with as she keeps saying that it is ‘soooooooooooo booooooooooooooring’. Her eyes lit up, on Saturday when I said we’ll go to the Chinese shop, only to see the light fade from her face when she reminded me that she can’t go out.

The poor thing. She’s been very good, and trying really hard not to scratch… and she doesn’t… but I know she is so uncomfortable and just want the spots to go away.