My Son Was 1 Day Old When I Learned Our Family Had Been Exposed To Measles. Here's What Happened Next.

<div><img src="https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/68d1beae180000e5025cfdea.jpeg?cache=LhoKDHuttX&ops=scalefit_630_noupscale" alt="The author's 16-month-old during her hospital stay where she may have been exposed to measles." data-caption="The author's 16-month-old during her hospital stay where she may have been exposed to measles." data-credit-link-back="" data-credit="Photo Courtesy Of Lauren Gumpert" />The author's 16-month-old during her hospital stay where she may have been exposed to measles.</div><div class="content-list-component text"><p><span style="font-weight:400">I’m at the hospital when I get the call. It’s a Thursday morning, not even 24 hours since my C-section. I’m watching my newborn son nap in his bassinet and trying to enjoy my first meal since surgery. </span></p><p><span style="font-weight:400">The caller ID says CHKD Children’s Hospital, so I answer. My 16-month-old daughter was just released from that hospital earlier in the week following a severe bacterial infection that caused her lymph nodes to swell an extraordinary amount.</span></p><p><span style="font-weight:400">“Hello?” I say, worried that they uncovered something concerning in her bloodwork.</span></p><p><span style="font-weight:400">“Hello, I’m a paediatrician at Norfolk Children’s Hospital. I’m calling to check on Camille, and to let you know that she may have been exposed to the measles during her stay with us.”</span></p><p><span style="font-weight:400">My heart dropped, and the post-surgery nausea that had nearly subsided suddenly returned.</span></p><p><span style="font-weight:400">The doctor proceeded to tell me that she was reading from a script, and that they (under the advisement