In her own words, a registered nurse in California tells the story of her baby getting measles.
Ariel Loop is a registered nurse who lives in Pasadena, California, with her husband and two kids, Mobius, age four, and Penrose, age two. In 2015 Loop and her husband took four-month-old Mobius—then their only child—to Disneyland, where they believe he caught the measles. SELF asked Loop to tell us the story of Mobius getting sick, his recovery, and what it’s like to realize your child has contracted a vaccine-preventable illness.
Once Mobius had his two-month shots, we decided to take him to Disneyland. I knew what his two-month shots protected against, and I wasn’t under any illusion that they would protect him against measles. But I also didn’t think that was something we needed to worry about. At the time I was more concerned with things like whooping cough than anything. And Mobius loved the park. He looked at the lights and we took family photos.
He had a fever of 102 degrees Fahrenheit, so I called the pediatrician’s office. They asked us not to come in, just in case Mobius did have measles. They told us to monitor his temperature, try to relieve his discomfort with Tylenol, make sure he was breathing okay, and to go to the ER if things got worse. So I did that while trying to keep him comfortable. I was initially scared when I couldn’t keep his fever down, and that turned into a fear of the unknown of what was making my child sick.
I was stunned and I had a mixed reaction to the news. In a way I was glad that we knew what was wrong with my baby. But I also was worried about what that meant for him.
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