Alright, I'm sure it will turn out okay. But far from what we thought it would be. You see I made a mistake. I adore my husband, you know that, but he has been bugging me all season to get the girls a flu shot. They did not want a shot but were willing to do the nasal mist. Last Wednesday, I took the girls in for their annual check-ups and they received the FluMist. The staff asked several times if we lived with someone who was compromised. Well, no. I assumed a week would be sufficient for us to visit my parents for Thanksgiving.
Saturday morning the girls woke up with low-grade fevers. I got on-line to see if I could find out if they were contagious or not. Low and behold I found out they were for 21 days! Realistically, it is the holiday season and I really felt the doctor's office should not have been so concerned about "living with" someone compromised, so much as "visiting anyone in 21 days" who is compromised. I am happy to report that particular doctor's office is changing the questions the ask their patients. However, that does not help us.
With Dad's white blood cell count so low (fluctuating between 1 and 2) we cannot visit them this week. I am very sad, especially since Dad was too sick to make the drive down last year. Which is the reason we were going up there this year. I'm sure the food will be good and we will still enjoy the parade, but it is not what we (I) thought it was going to be.
2 comments:
So sorry:( Oh yes! I remember when Todd's brother had Leukemia he could not be around Tyler after he had had his vaccines either.
My doc tried to talk me into the Flu Shot last week and I turned it down. I told him I had received the shot the past 2 years and still got the flu, but was also injected the things they add to the shot. Reading up on it is rather scary! I'd rather just build up natural immunity.
You know Thanksgiving does not have to be Nov 24 just because it says so on the calendar.....You can have Thanksgiving after Thanksgiving and it will still be special:)
A few years ago me, Todd and the kids were all home with a Really Awful Flu, so our Thanksgiving meal was a canned Vegetable and a fried chicken breast:)
If our schedule were not already full April, we would probably do it later. However, our timing is off. I'm hoping Christmas we will all be well. :)
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