Psycho-Mermaid from Halloween has calmed down quite a bit since Sunday, but now has a tickle in her throat, so I’m keeping her home from school today. I’m sneaking some echinacea tea into her bit by bit , disguised as “honey tea”.
Normally I would have sent her off, as she doesn’t seem to have a fever yet, but we’re scheduled for a family round of flu shots at the clinic this weekend, and I don’t want this to balloon into anything preventing her from getting the shot. We had flu shots last year and I think we had the healthiest year as a family ever.
It’s a good thing I didn’t postpone yesterday’s run to today in hopes for better weather! Now I can supervise her paint-by-number debut, knowing my 5k trial is in the bag for the week.
Have you had or are you planning on a flu shot this year? Are you affected by shortages? What do you think of flu shots?
All Downhill From Here 
I make my kids get flu shots every year and last year I made my hubby. But I hide my needle phobia behind the fact that I never get sick, and “others need it more than I do”
heh
By: Pamalamadingdong on November 5, 2004
at 5:33 pm
I used to get them, but they changed the base formula. I am now allergic to a main ingredient that was NOT in them in the past. Can’t really rmrmber the name of it, off-hand…but it was the same thing used as a preservative in my contact lens solution, to which I developed an allergy. Then I developed an allergy to the contacts themselves… so then I had lasik surgery. Not the most successful, but certainly not a failure.
So the fact that they are now having lotteries to determine the Flu shot winners around here, makes NO difference at all to me.
But I’d suggest looking into the statistics on SAFETY if you’re thinking about it for kids. See which actually is more dangerous – the FLU, or the SHOT?
By: *jeanne* on November 5, 2004
at 5:45 pm
last year was the first year the boys got them; I’ve never had one unless I was pregnant, but so far have been lucky enough to avoid being ill. This year, the pediatrician had none for healthy kids without respiratory problems, so they’re going without. But, they’re both OCD about handwashing, so I’m hoping that helps!
By: Skatemom on November 5, 2004
at 5:52 pm
The handwashing thing is HUGE in our house. Every time we hear the toilet flush, and there is not an accompanying tap-water sound, the Hubby or I yells “WASH! WITH SOAP!” from wherever we are. We have mistakenly embarrased the odd guest once or twice…
By: Karen on November 6, 2004
at 9:54 am