Both my children have had chicken pox. My DD had a very mild case and I didn't do anything different than we normally do. My DS had pox everywhere, head to toe, a mild fever for a few days, and was very very itchy. For him, we gave him cod liver oil daily (garden of life brand), an EmergenC packet a day and let him drink orange juice (we aren't big proponents of juice, but when my kids aren't feeling the best, I do let them have it). Daily I would put vitamin E oil on every bump several times (he'd tell me when he was starting to get itchy again and I'd put the oil on). He liked oatmeal baths (we'd put the oatmeal in a sock in the bath). I also fed him organic yogurt with powdered probiotics (garden of life) in it every morning. He got through it just fine. . .only one scar on his eyelid (I didn't want to put the oil on his eyes). I would recommend calling your doc to have the case documented or at least taking tons of pics just so you have a record. . .we didn't do this with DD and I wish we would have.
