Does This Classify As An Awful Day??

I picked up Lauren from daycare yesterday to see a sign posted that a case of scabies was confimed in her room. First, what the hell is scabies? I run home to jump on the internet and do some research. Scabies is an itchy skin condition caused by a tiny, eight-legged burrowing mite called Sarcoptes scabiei. The presence of the mite leads to intense itching in the area of its burrows. The urge to scratch may be especially strong while you're in bed at night.
Scabies is contagious and can spread quickly through close physical contact in a family, child care group, school class or nursing home. Because of the contagious nature of scabies, doctors often recommend treatment for entire families or contact groups to eliminate the mite.
Take heart in that scabies is readily treated. Medications applied to your skin kill the mites that cause scabies, although you may still experience some itching for several weeks.

EWWWWWW!!!

And another wrench to throw into the equation, Jas and I are suppose to fly to Vegas tomorrow morning. Wonderful! We took Lauren to the doctor this morning and she was checked out and has no symptoms, which means nothing since it can take 4-6 weeks for them to show up. So, we play the waiting game. We have to wash ALL our clothes, linens, towels, etc in hot water, vacumm, disinfect everything and use this nasty cream that you put all over your body and leave it on for 8-14 hours and then wash it off to get rid of scabies. Sounds like lice only this itches like the bejeezes!!

So, me being the worrier that I am starts thinking we should not even go to Vegas and OMG we have exposed so many people...blah, blah, blah. Basically I am about to put myself in the loony bin. Deep breath...we have been tol by numerous docs and nurses to go on vacation and we just have to wait and see what happens. I hate not being able to plan for this.

So it looks like we are off to Vegas tomorrow after all. I may need to start drinking as soon as we land. No amount of tears or praying can help us now...only time will tell whether we come out unSCABIED!