{"id":1541,"date":"2011-12-28T00:32:53","date_gmt":"2011-12-28T07:32:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=1541"},"modified":"2011-12-28T00:32:53","modified_gmt":"2011-12-28T07:32:53","slug":"stapleton-couple-puts-toddler-in-bubble-to-stave-off-illness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=1541","title":{"rendered":"Stapleton Couple Puts Toddler in Bubble to Stave off Illness"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\"\"<\/a>\nAt first glance, the Kesti household looks much like any other in Stapleton: 4-bedroom house, detached garage, friendly dog. But then their 18-month-old daughter, Catherine, comes literally bouncing down the stairs, in a plastic bubble designed to keep harmful germs away. \u201cWe tried everything, Purell dispensers in every room, even a surgical mask, but she didn\u2019t like wearing it, and just kept getting sick,\u201d explains her exasperated mother, Jenna.\n\u201cThe kids at her daycare were constantly getting her sick,\u201d explains her father, Kevin. \u201cTo think of all those selfish parents, so desperate to go to work, that they\u2019d pawn off their sick children on the school. I came this close to sending a strongly worded email more than a few times.\u201d\n\nThe bubble has its pros and cons. On one hand, it doesn\u2019t sink at the pool, but sometimes kids mistake Catherine for a giant pool toy and throw her back and forth. She\u2019s never been hurt at the playground, but possesses an unusual fear of slides and the purple mountains at Central Park. \u201cBottom line, it works,\u201d proclaims Kevin proudly. Jenna agrees. \u201cWe\u2019ve spent much less on children\u2019s medicine, and we never miss work, although potty training has been\u2026a little weird.\u201d\n\u201cWill we take her out at some point? Probably, but certainly not until after cold and flu season.\u201d\n]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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