Mary
3/1/2018
11:28:39 AM | Hi Donna,
You and I have spoken directly, but I wanted to reiterate here that once I felt that my crawling was significantly decreased, I started touching my son. I would make sure I was clean and then I'd hug him quickly at first. Before that I'd tickle his back with a wooden backscratcher every night as a bonding time when he was going to sleep. I would use a paper towel to hold the scratcher. I would spray clean green around the carpet where my feet had been. I used a wooden chair and then sprayed it down and took it out of his room each night.
But, I started getting well and the crawling decreased significantly and my son started hugging me and not letting go despite my warnings and trying to get him to let go.
Eventually, I just started hugging back for longer amounts of time. Stopped using the back scratcher and used my own hands. And as I got better and better, more contact. I didn't want him to sit in my chair or on my side of the bed because I felt wherever I sat for a long amount of time, might be most at risk. He respected those boundaries.
Well, now we wrestle, hug, massages, tickles....he never got the MD. Neither did my hubby. Neither did my in laws, my parents, siblings, friends, etc.... I don't know if it is contagious, but I think if it is, it is just the first 3 months or so once the protocol is started when there is all that activity in the skin with bites, stings, crawls, wiggles.
Once that subsides or really decreases, I think it is safe. Well, I also prayed intensely and constantly that my son and hubby not contract it.
That was a prayer that was answered. Thanks be to God!
Yours in Christ,
Mary |
