Do They Make Family Sized Bubbles (like the one from the movie “The Boy in the Plastic Bubble?”)
Flu season sucks. Flu season as a parent sucks even more. Flu season as a parent of a child with epilepsy and underlying neurological disorders with a potential deadly pandemic thrown in, sucks beyond words. Last year, our whole family got the seasonal flu shot. This year, I’m not sure… still weighing the pros and cons. Besides, it looks like my children already have the flu—which actual strain it is will remain unknown as doctors have stopped taking swabs. Apparently the labs can’t keep up with the cost and time required to test for H1N1 so, they don’t. But if it walks like a pig and oinks like a pig, chances are it’s Swine Flu. Do you plan to get your kids the H1N1 vaccine? If so, don’t handle the needle situation like I did.. Here’s what I did last year: Before we headed to the doctor, I really upsold the shot. “Nooooo. The SHOT won’t hurt AT ALL. See this syringe (the one you use to dose out children’s Tylenol), it’s just like this. Nothing scary about that, right?” God I’m stupid sometimes. First of all, my son did not appreciate the word “shot”. Take note. Use the word “vaccine”[…]
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Maybe when our kids are grown up there will be a cure for the flu/common cold and they won't have…