The word from school was that no child would be re-admitted after chickenpox without a doctors certificate confirming they were no longer contagious.
To be on the safe side, I admitted defeat and left it until Friday to take Ellie to the doctor (A UK trained Peadiatrician) She ummed and aahhed, poked and prodded, admitted that her eczema hot spot (right inner elbow) was not helping her non-contagious look, but at least she knew/agreed that that was what it was. She said she was absolutely fine, it was just a mild case, sympathised with Ellie and me...BUT -- In India it HAS to be 21 days from the first spot, "I will write a certificate next Friday, send someone to collect it."
On the advice of the same Peadiatrician we returned en famille on Saturday morning so that Luke could get the Varicella vaccination. Her logic and advice was that ...although he may be incubating the virus, having the vaccine will ensure it is far less severe, and, if he's not incubating it he'll be covered in the future.
Luke had his injection and in the meantime the Doctor decided to have another hard look at Ellie. "You know what? On second thoughts she's fine, I can't see any reason for her not to return to school, here's her note, give it to the school nurse on Monday." Oh Thank you!
At 8.15am on Monday we paid a cursory visit to the nurse and presented the certificate. In no time at all, she had Ellie half stripped and twirling around to double check her spots, and, she agreed. All fine, nothing to worry about.
So, a very happy Miss Ellie returned to school to take part in 'India Week'.
Back at the ranch, Master Luke began popping out Chickenpox spots yesterday evening! We can only hope that he's 'spotless' before we fly to the Maldives in a little over two weeks.
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