My Chicken Pox Story
By Mitchell Ozog
I t is
unbelievable to experience chicken pox at age of 21. Unfortunately our life is
full of surprises and circumstances occur when we do not expect them at all.
However, if I did not visit my fiancée at hospital where she worked as a nurse,
perhaps, I would be protected from chicken pox. This experience caused me
discomfort and unnecessary stress. Obviously, I learned my lesson.
I woke
up early in a morning on April 9, 1981. I was not able to sleep anymore. My
wedding was schedule 10 days later. I was so excited. I opened my bedroom
window. The day sounded so promising. I could feel it at the air. Warm rays of
the morning sun tickled my nose and birds already sang cheerfully their
favorite tune. I thought, that was a perfect day to visit my fiancée.
My
fiancée Krystyna worked at the children’s hospital, in neurological section.
When I arrived there she gave me surprising look but she seemed to be excited
to see me. She introduced me to her colleagues and then proposed that we could
meet some of her little patients. Although, I thought it was a good idea, I did
not realize that was the chicken pox epidemic there and Krystyna did not warm
on it assuming that I experienced it early in my childhood. Although, I had
contact with Krystyna’s patients for no longer than 20 minutes, there was long
enough for me to be infected by chicken pox. I became ill in five days.
That afternoon
my future wife and I decided to visit her grandmother who lived in a country.
It was her 63 birthday. She was the greatest hostess and the best cook ever.
There was a pleasure to be in her company and it seemed to me that majority of
her guests enjoyed being there. She served us a dinner inside and invited us to
eat some desert in her incredibly, huge and charming yard.
We located
ourselves on a bench, under enormous and incredibly beautiful willow tree. Its
smooth branched were touching lazily a ground. Willow tree was our favorite
kind of tree, which always protected us fro sun or rain. Also, it was our
secret place to hide. There was a lady sitting next to us, someone from
Krystyna’s family, who stared at my nose occasionally, and especially paying
attention to a top of it. I decided to visit a man’s room to discover what was
that interesting regarding my appearance. So I got there, thinking that my nose
was dirty, and instead I noticed two huge and red spots occupying
my nose. I still did not realize what they were. I thought it was allergies,
unfortunately when I woke up next morning, I discovered more spots of various
size which turned into itchy blisters, several hours later.
I have never
been that sick in my life. I experienced high fever and sore throat, and my
body was that weak that I could not even move a muscle? However, the biggest
problem was that I was about to get married and I felt like my life was over. I
was angry with myself but I would not give up. I took a good care of myself. I
used a special white, cream to cover my blisters and other spots. I had
antibiotic to get rid of my fever and sore throat and some vitamins to make my
body stronger. Fortunately, I felt much better two days later. My blisters
started to heal and even some of them disappeared from my face, and that was
what I worried about the most, my face. There were only some little spots,
which were not that, visible and my doctor told me that stage of my illness was
not contingent anymore; therefore I could precede my wedding plans.
My chicken pox
story survived until today and is being retold on many occasions. I t became a
ritual .We all laugh about it when we meet with our family or friends.
Although, this is my very personal story, I believe that it is a very important
story for people to know because it can occur to anyone, especially if they did
not experience it in their early childhood. I strongly advice them not to go
hospital or any related places to it, if there is no reason for it. You never
known what might happen there, and remember that hospital is not an appropriate
place for dating; there are much romantic places where you can spend some time
with your future wives or husbands such as a park or a cozy restaurant for
instant.
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