Comments on: H1N1 Thoughts

By: Devilish Southern Belle

Devilish Southern Belle — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:36:22 +0000

We didn’t vaccinate for any sort of flu. We never do. My youngest son suffered from what the doctor called a flu-like virus, but was given some cough medicine and Tamiflu. I should probably vaccinate my teenagers, but my oldest never gets sick, like at all, and my youngest is like me…..I’m afraid a flu shot for either of us would cause full-scale flu since our immune systems seem to be weak.

Hope your kids are feeling much better soon!
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By: Emily

Emily — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:22:14 +0000

Hi Raechelle, been a while. Chad, Ian (2) and I have all been vaccinated with this one and Scott (4 months) is too young, otherwise, he would have been given the shot too. This time, someone we know died from H1N1. Healthy male, young kids, played hockey with Chad, coulda been Chad. I’m sorry to hear you all got this sick and I hope your kids are better soon!

By: Jacquie

Jacquie — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:54:01 +0000

We were just not sure what to do with the vaccinations. We decided on Tues to go and get Jillian done. It was fast, we were in and out and she was a trooper. At the moment she has a cough and sore thorat side effect from the shot??? At the moment Jillian is the only one in our house that qualifies which is frustrating when you have 2 other kids, but then their immune systems have to be a little stronger than hers. I. Hope.

By: Heather

Heather — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:41:30 +0000

Sickness is hard on everyone, no matter who is sick in the family. Whenever we’re sick we spend a lot of time watching videos.

Only the Baby has been able to get the H1N1 shot. The rest of us got the seasonal flu mist though.
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By: Gail

Gail — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:24:38 +0000

They haven’t offered it here yet. I imagine it will all come up next winter again. I assume we will get the family vaccinated. We (MJ and I) fully believe that we would rather have done it – understanding all the pros and cons – than not do it and regret our choice later on should our kids get ill or worse. Hence every other vaccine on the progammes we’ve been through.

I’ve had flu. Not the swine (I think) but had flu last winter. It’s not nice. It’s horrid.

I pray you all recoup to fullness over the weekend. Poor Becca!
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By: CJ

CJ — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:59:43 +0000

My daughter received it at all. This is the FIRST vaccination she had NO negative reaction too. No sore arm, no fever, no tiredness….NOTHING!

By: Holly

Holly — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:49:43 +0000

J had the flu, first time actually and was miserable (type unknown). But we survived the quarantine quite well because he was so miserable until he was *poof* better.

We’ve all gotten the regular shot (do most years), J and DH have both gotten H1N1 shots, I can’t find one yet, but am working on it before we travel (since my sister has an under 6 month old, I would really like to be vaccinated, but if I can’t find it). We’ll see.
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By: Helen

Helen — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:57:22 +0000

G had a 24 hour type stomach thing. My father and C had the cold/feeling horrible part.
We are just waiting for shots. First time we are going to get any kind of flu shot. But where we have found that the first year in a new place we catch everything AND C is doing a lot of travelling right now (already ATL and To. China in Dec.) we feel more comfortable getting it.
That’s what it comes down to when making the decision…comfort level. When G was sick our first thought was ‘oh no’ and it scared us enough to realize that we would feel more comfortable with it!
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