Flu & H1N1 vaccines
My oldest daughter's school sponsered an H1N1 vaccine clinic, but they went with the nasal spray which none of my kids are eliglible for anway. My one close friend protested to the principal about it being held on school campus and she informed him that the insert states the children could potentially be contagious for up to 3 weeks. Since she and others do not vaccinate their children, she stated he should plan to excuse their abcenses for that time. Needless to say it was moved off campus.
I obviously want my children to be healthy, but I just get so nervous about vaccines now.
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Permalink Reply by Elizabeth on -
I had the vaccine myself (nasal - live attenuated, not killed) and took no ill effects. My husband had the same, got nauseous and threw up, but was fine not long after. All the children, however, came down with swine flu three days before their pediatrician got the injection, so we didn't end up getting them vaccinated. I'd intended to. Now it's a moot point. But you know, my worry about what the flu could do to Eric turned out to be overrated--he never went above 101.5 and while his blood sugars took a nose dive, we were ready for it (fortunately his brother got sick first so we were expecting Eric to get sick and adjusted his basal rate downward to prepare for it).
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Permalink Reply by gisela cabello on -
I have an almost 3 yrs old (who has type one since 13 mos), I gave her the H1N1 vaccine 4 weeks ago.
The endo recommended I give her the vaccine. It's a dead virus. She told me the only vaccines I should never give my child are live vaccines that come in spray.....
She did not have any side effects, nor did my son who received the same vaccine on the same day.
I'm planning to give her the flu shot in 2 weeks. I gave her the flu shot every year and she has never had any side effects.
I trust 100% her endo so I follow her advise.
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