vaccinations...
Last week we received a note from the school nurse telling us that due to a new law, Logan would have to be vaccinated for Hep A and as well as get a pneumococcal shot before the start of the new school year.
Aside from those lovely shots he also needed his MMR (ugh, the worst!) and DTap boosters too. The nurse gave me all the notification papers and release forms to read and sign when we arrived at the doctor's office. I didn't bother re-reading the MMR and DTap papers since they've both already had one or more of each. I did, however, read the information on the Hep A and pneumococcal shot. The pneumococcal shot information sheet was totally benign...no alarming statements made...no scary side effects to look out for. The Hepatitis A info sheet? Slightly alarming in my opinion. Click here to read the Hep A info and just so you know, my copy did NOT have the bullet that reads, "Children or adolescents who live in states or communities where routine vaccination has been recommended." It did, however, have the bullet that reads, "Hepatitis A vaccine might be recommended for children or adolescents in communties where outbreaks of hepatitis A are occurring." I asked the nurse about it and she said there were no outbreaks that she knew of but that Denton county recently decided that all school aged children must be vaccinated for it. Oh my freaking gawd, people. How about some updated paperwork!?
All together Logan had four shots, two in each thigh. He was not happy. It was over in a second but he managed to call the nurses idiots and dummy heads and proclaim LOUDLY how much he hated them. I am just thankful he didn't choose that moment to demonstrate how closely he pays attention to his mother's foul mouth. And just so noone felt left out, Caleb had a Hep A shot too.
I do not do well on vaccination visits. I am usually on the verge of tears before it happens and when the boys were tiny I would cry right along with them. To assuage my guilt I took the boys to Target to pick out one toy each. So now that it's over and noone seems to be having allergic reactions to any of the shots, we all feel much better.
Aside from those lovely shots he also needed his MMR (ugh, the worst!) and DTap boosters too. The nurse gave me all the notification papers and release forms to read and sign when we arrived at the doctor's office. I didn't bother re-reading the MMR and DTap papers since they've both already had one or more of each. I did, however, read the information on the Hep A and pneumococcal shot. The pneumococcal shot information sheet was totally benign...no alarming statements made...no scary side effects to look out for. The Hepatitis A info sheet? Slightly alarming in my opinion. Click here to read the Hep A info and just so you know, my copy did NOT have the bullet that reads, "Children or adolescents who live in states or communities where routine vaccination has been recommended." It did, however, have the bullet that reads, "Hepatitis A vaccine might be recommended for children or adolescents in communties where outbreaks of hepatitis A are occurring." I asked the nurse about it and she said there were no outbreaks that she knew of but that Denton county recently decided that all school aged children must be vaccinated for it. Oh my freaking gawd, people. How about some updated paperwork!?
All together Logan had four shots, two in each thigh. He was not happy. It was over in a second but he managed to call the nurses idiots and dummy heads and proclaim LOUDLY how much he hated them. I am just thankful he didn't choose that moment to demonstrate how closely he pays attention to his mother's foul mouth. And just so noone felt left out, Caleb had a Hep A shot too.
I do not do well on vaccination visits. I am usually on the verge of tears before it happens and when the boys were tiny I would cry right along with them. To assuage my guilt I took the boys to Target to pick out one toy each. So now that it's over and noone seems to be having allergic reactions to any of the shots, we all feel much better.
posted by Amy at 4:34 PM
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