So the other day J thought he had a pimple on his chest and popped it. After his nap he was laying in bed without a shirt and I was like what is that? He said "a pimple" , "um no its not. I dont know what it is but its not that." I took a picture and emailed it to his Mom who works for UT Dermatology yesterday. She showed it to her docotor who told us to come in. Low and behold when J took his shirt off it had spread underneath his arm to his back. They did a scraping to confirm but she was certain its Shingles. Shingles is a from the chicken pox virus. What it does is the virus still lives in our nerves, when you are immunosuppressed the virus can rear its ugly head causing blisters that spread along the nerve that was infected. Its more painful than chicken pox because it involves the nerves. Yeah....It could be worse. He wasnt have any pain yesterday, today he is. We are sending Ronan to Mimi and Pops for a few days because there is still a small chance that Ronan could catch chicken pox from him even though he has had the vaccine and Ronan just doesnt understand why he cant climb on Daddy like usual. Like I said earlier J is in some pain and he says that he is very stiff. He is suppose to rest and keep calm. Apparently stress can make it worse and our lives arent stressful at all! :) Hopefully we will get in to see Dr. Nieto tomorrow (transplant dr.). Prayer requests, for a speedy resolution for this for J and patience for me!Prayers Welcomed!Kimmy
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