tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192904.post2245141211621576720..comments2009-10-21T09:24:56.219-05:00Crazy Working Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12323941603495204996tishblack@gmail.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192904.post-31960504135643197662009-10-21T09:24:56.219-05:002009-10-21T09:24:56.219-05:00OOh that was such a scare. Never thought I&#39;d be glad to say, I&#39;m glad she had an ear infection. I am still not sure if the H1N1 vaccine is a good idea, going to ask the oBGYN at today&#39;s appt. I had the seasonal shot already with no complications, so we&#39;ll see. Hope everyone is doing well in your house. Loved the pic of tyler on the ruby tuesday ride, he&#39;s a tongue stickerouter like my Hubby.Shutterbug8162http://www.blogger.com/profile/02804087660694789018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192904.post-86896873853031229752009-10-19T15:48:05.515-05:002009-10-19T15:48:05.515-05:00I hope she&#39;s feeling like her old self really soon.Patoishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07764936858778730692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192904.post-49852761686113265362009-10-19T12:22:11.320-05:002009-10-19T12:22:11.320-05:00We get flu shots every year. So far, no flu, just a few side effects from the shots every once in a while. My oldest, 6, can&#39;t have the mist because he has asthma, so it is a huge ordeal!!! I&#39;m really hoping he doesn&#39;t get H1N1 because we told him if he got the shot, he wouldn&#39;t get the flu. My hubby is the one who deals with it because he is a SAHD. Because of the rarity of the working mom w/ a SAHD, I&#39;ve started a blog and am looking for women in the same boat. Come visit me at http://wifeofhousehubby.blogspot.comMariehttp://wifeofhousehubby.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192904.post-45942058883864019482009-10-19T00:04:58.560-05:002009-10-19T00:04:58.560-05:00My doctor requires that I get the flu shot every year, because of my disease. My kids get it also, but my husband does not. We WILL be getting the H1N1 shot when it finally comes out, too; none of us can take the risk of my getting ill. It could have grave circumstances.Desert Songbirdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14320552900816326120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192904.post-41911020967064662942009-10-18T18:32:59.983-05:002009-10-18T18:32:59.983-05:00I hope Emily gets better soon. Poor baby. I will say that&#39;s she&#39;s as cute as can be with the ice cream cone. Adorable.<br /><br />I&#39;d go with the shot if I had the choice. The little ones seem to get hit hard by this flu. I&#39;d go with the shot.<br /><br />Have a terrific day honey. Big hug and lotsa lovies. :)Sandeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06785788498697004273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192904.post-5380792871121954012009-10-18T12:21:38.433-05:002009-10-18T12:21:38.433-05:00Sorry to hear Emily is poorly.<br /><br />The Swine Flu vaccine is going to be offered here very soon - I&#39;m in two minds about having it. :(Akelamaluhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11234268568845148285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192904.post-18285652470725355662009-10-18T10:25:58.080-05:002009-10-18T10:25:58.080-05:00Sorry she is sick, but I am glad that it is ear infections and not the flu.Twisted Cinderellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14273548648344779210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192904.post-33239980759734046772009-10-17T18:56:04.255-05:002009-10-17T18:56:04.255-05:00<b>Jamie:</b> Thanks for your input! We chose the mist for the older two since our doctor recommended it. I just hope this H1N1 keeps it&#39;s distance from our family!<br /><br /><b>Linda</b>: Brien and I never had to have our tonsils out, so hopefully our children won&#39;t. Tyler did have to have tubes, so we&#39;ll see if Emily has to...<br /><br /><b>Bee</b>: Our doc was a bit skeptical of the shot last time I was in there and spoke with him about it. So, we&#39;ll see when we go back in four weeks what he thinks (if they are even available then). <br /><br /><b>Shana</b>: My children are all up to date on all vaccinations. We did Prevnar also!<br /><br /><b>Lori</b>: Dr Moore is also our doc, so I will definitely be having this same talk with him. I just worry about this new vaccine. It was produced so quickly...I dunno.<br /><br /><b>Travis</b>: Thanks for the info. Did you read the post? I have read lots of literature. I don&#39;t take lightly to giving my children injections...I do my homework first. Thanks for your comment.<br /><br /><b>Deb</b>: I am so glad that she did NOT have the flu and it was just an infection. The other two have been fine, with no side effects, hopefully it will continue to be this way! Everyone in our house will be vaccinated but my husband. He refuses. So, hopefully he won&#39;t get it!<br /><br /><b>Camp</b>: I hope that you are all well throughout the season and needn&#39;t worry about the vaccine. <br /><br />Thanks to all for your input!Crazy Working Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12323941603495204996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192904.post-44963006626289362632009-10-17T15:42:45.378-05:002009-10-17T15:42:45.378-05:00Oh man! I&#39;m glad I don&#39;t have to decide this for anybody! We can&#39;t get either vaccine at the moment in our county--and the county that has it ran out when they were supposed to be giving it to high-risk-people only.... oh well.Camp Stanhope Happeningshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15243775388902453824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192904.post-76190067170998616522009-10-17T15:06:04.227-05:002009-10-17T15:06:04.227-05:00We&#39;ve gotten flu shots every year since 2003 when Ron and Abby had a bad case of flu - and I didn&#39;t (I&#39;d gotten the shot for the first time that year). We&#39;ve never had reactions to it - since the shot is a dead virus, you can&#39;t possibly get the flu from it. If you were exposed before you got the shot it&#39;s possible you could still get the flu though, or you could have mild flu-like symptoms from your immune system working and creating the antibodies against the flu like it&#39;s supposed to. :)<br /><br />I&#39;m glad they figured out what Emily had and I hope that she&#39;s feeling better soon, poor thing.Deb - Mom of 3 Girlshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03806252705199445407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192904.post-80621373615634993122009-10-17T11:42:58.839-05:002009-10-17T11:42:58.839-05:00Read the literature about the flu shot...it doesn&#39;t give you the flu. It&#39;s a vaccine. Just like any other vaccine, sometimes people have reactions to it.<br /><br />But if a vaccine actually gave the the disease that it is designed to protect you against, it wouldn&#39;t be a recommended vaccine, would it?Travishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06192526507760146748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192904.post-78335409290415163732009-10-17T10:44:07.956-05:002009-10-17T10:44:07.956-05:00Tisha, I have always gotten my kids the seasonal flu vaccine mainly because Kaitlyn had asthma when she was younger and I really had no choice. Kenleigh does not have asthma but I still vaccinate her. I was and am still undecided about the H1N1. I sent a e-mail around a while back about the H1N1 causing Guillian-Barre syndrome which is a neurological condition. This has since been confirmed on the news that this is untrue. When I had Kenleigh in to see Dr. Moore on Wednesday and she was diagnosed with H1N1, although she was not tested, so I will never know for sure if that is what she had or not, he told me that I still needed to get her the H1N1 vaccine because he put her on Tamiflu and this would slow the progression of the swine flu and that she would still need to be vaccinated. He is all for it. He explained, and which made sense, that the seasonal flu vaccine is a new vaccine every year. As for the ear infections, I remember those days with Kaitlyn. She used to get them all the time. We ended up getting tubes put in her ears and that was the best thing we ever did. We were supposed to get our seasonal flu vaccine on Monday but they called yesterday to tell us that they were already out of it and we would have to call back and reschedule that, which I am not too worried because I would rather wait and get the seasonal flu vaccine later on because it only lasts 6 months and the seasonal flu usually doesn&#39;t come around until Jan. or Feb. My mother is hoping that I will get my kids as well as myself the H1N1 vaccine when it becomes available. But, I am still up in the air about it. If that really is what Kenleigh had, it was a very mild case. I hope this has helped and I hope I haven&#39;t rambled on too much. Oh, and I love the picture of the baby with the ice cream cone.Lorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07146775638118419581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192904.post-67350151117792978312009-10-17T09:26:26.226-05:002009-10-17T09:26:26.226-05:00Well, Blaze cannot have the flu vaccine because he is allergic to eggs. But my hubby gets deathly sick when ever he gets one so he does not get one anymore. he gets the flu every time he gets one. Not just flu like symptoms. I also do not really vaccinate much anyway. Blaze has only had DTap and Prevnar (only 1 dose because he was over 2). I got him the dtap because we have horse and still have some barbwire so there is danger of tetanus here so i felt it was necessary. I got him the prevnar because of this swine flu going around. they are saying a lot of times pneumonia is a playing factor.Shanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06358368506091648893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192904.post-75128545401029821602009-10-17T08:53:34.546-05:002009-10-17T08:53:34.546-05:00we always take the shot but the h1n1? i&#39;m not sure yet. i&#39;ll let dr. wacks decide, i trust him that much. poor emily... <br /><br />smiles, bee<br />xoxoxoxoxoxooxEmpress Bee (of the High Sea)http://www.blogger.com/profile/08300140506585000934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192904.post-41132943497153804062009-10-17T08:46:03.090-05:002009-10-17T08:46:03.090-05:00Glad to hear that it was just an ear infection and not the flu, though thee is certainly nothing good about a double ear infection! Jamie used to get them all the time along with strep throat which finally ended when we got her ginormous tonsils removed. She took after me in that respect as when my tonsils were removed the doctor said he&#39;d never seen such large ones anywhere. Oh yay.<br /><br />I&#39;m sure you&#39;ll rest better knowing that all three of the kids have been inoculated and it sounds like they did well all things considered.Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05698969349369789642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192904.post-51788765870935403772009-10-17T07:22:44.818-05:002009-10-17T07:22:44.818-05:00I went through the 1968 Hong Kong flu epidemic with my children. We were lucky even though my daughter was very, very sick. Two children in our neighborhood died. <br /><br />The shot is a dead virus. It won&#39;t give anyone the flu though there is a ten day incubation period so if exposed before the injection they still might get it. The mist is an &quot;attenuated&quot; virus which shouldn&#39;t give anyone the flu, but I would still go with the shot since this virus is harder on young people.Jamiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15023629504094283860noreply@blogger.com