Hmm, it seems we’re in for a period of eczema following our run in with chickenpox. I’ve no idea if it’s related but I’d hoped the anecdotal news I’d heard about chickenpox improving eczema sufferers skin was going to come to fruition. Sadly, I don’t think that is to be the case and if anything the eczema is worse now than it has been for some time.
Jasmine’s hands are teetering on the brink of being scratched into oblivion, not helped of course by the fact that she sucks her thumbs leaving them uncomforatably raw. The join of her right ear lobe is a recurrent bad spot but thankfully the extent of her troubles seem to abate there.
Willow’s little patch on her left cheek has returned and she’s added to that with a couple of patches just above her buttocks and a couple spotted across the rest of her back. She also showed the first signs of any real scratching of her thighs (though nothing to see there yet) which is saddening to see. It brings the memories of Jasmine’s torment crashing back home.
I’m hoping that this is just a minor blip, some part of the recovery of chickenpox. I expect we’ve another couple of weeks of this at least yet. Then again, it could just be the journey into Winter, something Jasmine’s skin has never coped overly well with.
On the plus side, the girls are for the most part a bubbly as ever (bar Jasmine’s boundary testing). Willow is turning into a real little character and it’s so nice to see Jasmine interact (well) with her. Jasmine is becoming more and more grown up by the minute with her 4th birthday fast approaching. It’s going to be a very busy 2012 methinks! Good times! =]
