Guest guest Posted August 17, 2001 Report Share Posted August 17, 2001 Good to have you back, Teela. About the vaccinations, though, I'm afraid you have been mislead about the dangers. The old pertussis vaccines (the whole cell preparations) did often cause fevers, etc, but the new acellular ones are much more benign. The dangers of not being vaccinated are much greater than purported side effects, internet "experts" nonwithstanding. If you ever saw a kid with whooping cough, you would definitely change your mind. And believe me, thanks to the scare tactics by a vocal, poorly-informed group of anti-vaccine alarmists, there are plenty of kids now getting whooping cough, not to mention other preventable childhood diseases which are sometimes fatal. I'm a medical microbiologist with no axe to grind--just want to keep kids safe and healthy. If you want more information on this from reputable medical scientists, let me know and I will get it together for you. Judy in Baltimore Summer's update Hi everyone. sorry I have been away after justreturning. Sheesh life is busy. I have been readingabout vaccinations and I have decided that neither oneof my girls will be getting any further vaccines withpertussis in it. I haven't come to any decisionsreguarding the others so they are on hold for now.Summer went to her dr and I finally at the end of theappt got mad at him. It was after he spent all histime trying to tell me to put her into child care 5days a week and that I had separation anxiety. I lostit. I told him in no uncertain terms that I was sickand tired of getting no where, the run around etc. Itold him that if he has someone who was going to helpSummer learn to deal with her issues instead ofbabysit and play with her I wouldn't have a problemwith her being away. I didn't feel she needed to spendmore time away from home when what she needs is amommy. He was shocked. Maybe we will see some progressnow. She isn't on meds yet. I found my own ot inKingston and we are in the process of setting up anappt. We are looking into funding as it is 100 for theinitial 1 hour assessment and 80 for 50 minutessessions. she is going to teach me brushing!!!!!YAY!!!!!! Summer is going on MOnday for a hearingassessment, and fri is her appt with the ear nose andthroat specialist. We are going away for a week so Ican finish my driving lessons. We will be back thefollowing fri. take care and hugs teela_______________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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