Preparing for quarantine

Catherine is going into isolation from tomorrow from anyone who may have been in contact with chicken pox from the party last week, so we are preparing for quarantine. Her consultant has recommended that, because all of her nursery friends were in contact with chicken pox, and the majority have not had it, we need to keep her away from school when they are likely to become infectious. The good news is that she has neutrophils, so when she is off school it means she is not stuck indoors. She will be able to make little trips out, so I don't have to stress so much about how to entertain her with endless craft activities.

Catherine is quite looking forward to her 'holiday'. I haven't told her that her friends will most probably be in school because she will get upset, so holiday was the best way to explain it. Thankfully, one of her little friends has had chicken pox so she will be able to play with her in the days ahead. God gave me such a sociable child, which is fantastic but difficult for her when we have to do periods of isolation. We are going to try and make this a positive time for Catherine and to make it an opportunity for her to do some 'catch-up' on fun things that she missed out on during the more intensive treatments.

Yesterday Catherine told me about a dream she had. It sounded fantastic. She was a passenger in a rainbow-coloured space rocket, and she was very excited when she told me the dream. When she asked me what I had dreamt about, I decided to dodge the question by just saying my dream wasn't as nice as hers. How could I tell my child I had been dreaming about viruses.....?!? Rockets is a far better option.