The Swine Flu Shot a Waste of Time!

[KnottedYet]

I do wish I'd been able to get the vaccine before I caught the piggie flu. (I was scheduled to get the vaccine the next week... oops, too late!)

My bout was pretty mild, only out for two days. But that's 2 days of vacation time GONE. It took about 2 weeks for the sore throat and fatigue to go away, and about 4 days for the vampire eyes to go away. I was real purty.

I'd rather have got the vaccine, even though I was lucky enough to get the "piglet" version of the flu.

[Tuckervill]

My 4-1/2 yo grandson was admitted to the hospital today. He got the swine flu about 5 days ago, and was on Tamiflu, but today his fever spiked up to 105.3, and he has a high white blood cell count. Lungs are clear. Since he was a preemie (30 weeks), the lungs thing is really good news. They don't know what the infection is, though. They are putting him on IV antibiotics, and only going to keep him for one night for observation (crossing fingers that no hospital germs take a hitchhike in his little body).

It's also sad because his mother is nursing his 8 mo baby brother, and the baby is not allowed in the hospital (good idea). But that means she and my son are splitting their time around based on the baby brother, and big brother may not like that his mama has to leave when he's feeling so poorly.

Karen

[OakLeaf]

Interesting reading, if a bit patronizing in a doctor-ish sort of way

[salsabike]

It is interesting, and I didn't find it patronizing at all. It sounded like a doctor trying to do a good job and understand how to do better.

[Kano]

Had the "ordinary" flu one year, got it in the first week of December.

It was MARCH before all the secondary crap cleared out completely. MOST of that time I spent doing next to nothing.

I get a flu shot every winter since then. Don't want any of it ever again!

I don't know from the swine flu, don't want to find out first hand about it. If they ever get around to letting healthy middle aged women get the darned thing, I'll get the shot.

Karen in Boise

[badger]

I guess I regretted getting them because of listening to the "no-shot" arguments and the very rare but scary side effects (mainly of that poor girl who's not normal unless she runs or walks backwards).

I won't know if I would have gotten it or not, but you guys are right that I would have regretted NOT getting the shot if I did end up getting the H1N1.

But it's all water under the bridge, whether I got it or not so I should just focus on other things!

Hope your grandson's going to have a speedy recovery, Karen!

[Selkie]

Dogmama - That sounds horrible. I hope you feel better soon...

The shot is available to only those in high-risk groups (at work, where I get my flu shots--they are free, well, not free but free to employees ). If they get enough to vaccinate the rest of us, I'm seriously reconsidering and thinking about getting it.

[Eden]

I guess I regretted getting them because of listening to the "no-shot" arguments and the very rare but scary side effects (mainly of that poor girl who's not normal unless she runs or walks backwards).

There definitely are rare side effects (Gilliaume Barr), but what happened to that girl very likely has nothing to do with the flu shot..... yeah her symptoms may have developed around the time of the vaccination, but that does not mean the the two had any correlation.....

[Dogmama]

My 4-1/2 yo grandson was admitted to the hospital today. He got the swine flu about 5 days ago, and was on Tamiflu, but today his fever spiked up to 105.3, and he has a high white blood cell count.

Karen, I'm so sorry! Please keep us posted!

[Tuckervill]

Thanks...he's staying at least another night and possibly 7 days total for IV antibiotics. We'll know tomorrow. He has a streptococcal infection in his bloodstream, one of those resistant ones. We spoke on the phone this morning and he sounded chipper, but said the hospital was "stupid wupid". lol. So, he's much better than yesterday and on the mend, but really bored, tied to the bed, and there's no Thomas the Tank Engine on the tv. But if he's annoyed that means he's getting better. whew.

Karen

[OakLeaf]

Thanks for the update Tuck. Keeping him in my thoughts and hoping he feels better soon.

[Selkie]

Sounds like he's on the mend, Tuck! That's great news.

[salsabike]

Another interesting article that goes a little deeper into research about who gets sickest---

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/27/op...7groopman.html