Chickenpox is one of those diseases almost everyone has had. Boston’s Children’s Hospital claims that 95% of American adults have had chickenpox and that four million people get it every year. Still, it’s not very pleasant to have it, and for newborns, it can even be dangerous.
But that didn’t stop this grandmother from deliberately infecting her 13-month-old granddaughter with the virus while the young family was visiting for Christmas. The baby’s agitated mother went online to ask people for advice on what to do after her husband was of no help. Later, she added an update detailing what happened after she escaped from her in-laws.
