Ten days ago my fifteen year old came home from the movies with 103 fever. He was shaking so bad and felt so awful. He ended up missing the entire week of school. It probably took him a good eight days to feel back to normal.
I took him to the urgent care because I just knew it was strep but I was wrong, it was influenza. My guilt started right away. You see every year I take all four of my kids in for a flu shot. This is such an ordeal because of my boys freaking out over needles that I blew it off.
Great news at Web MD for my family and yours about a new vaccine that requires no needle…
"Jan. 28, 2008 — An international team of scientists reports promising results from testing an under-the-tongue, no-needle flu vaccine on mice.
The
researchers dropped a little bit of the liquid vaccine under the mice’s
tongues and let the vaccine sink into that area; the vaccine wasn’t
swallowed. A few days later, those mice resisted a flu virus test.
Under-the-tongue vaccines don’t affect the digestive system, liver, or nervous system, note the researchers."
I hate to admit it but I don’t care for needles either. Every year when the kids get their flu shot I find a way to get out of getting mine. I figure that if everyone else in my family has the shot and are protected, then my chance of catching it go way down. LOL Shhh thats our secret!
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