U.K. mother Holly Cruickshanks, age 21, is happy to take any compliments about her beautiful 15-month-old baby Oarlah, yet she definitely won’t let friends or even family kiss her girl. Not after Oarlah contracted the herpes virus at just 6 months old through an unknown person’s smooch, despite Holly’s precautions, and spent days in ICU.
“I didn’t even let my mom kiss her,” Holly said, per The Mirror. “I’d kiss the soles of her feet, and tickled her tummy, but I’d never kiss her face.” While Holly and her partner, Bradley Airlie, 21, were so careful that their behavior was seen as overprotective by others, their worst fears came true when Oarlah got sick.
