Life as a Leach

Abby has had a lingering fever off and on for a week.  She only went to school for a day and a half last week, but then was fine over the weekend.  I sent her yesterday thinking that the germs were behind us (after using 2 cans of Lysol spray and a jar of wipes on our house!), only to get a call from the nurse saying Abby had a fever of 102.7.  Ugh. I took her to walk-in sick visits yesterday and was thrilled that our regular, amazing pediatrician would be the one seeing her.  (They are all wonderful--Dr, S. has just been our go-to for the last 6 years!)  He did a flu and strep test, which came back negative....leading us toward wondering if it was her incision.  Ugh. He ordered a chest xray and blood work to check for pneumonia and infection markers.  We got those done this morning.  The blood work won't be back until tomorrow, but he just called with the xray results...pneumonia.  The halo makes it difficult to see the lungs clearly, bu...

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I posted about the flu mist on Facebook a few days ago and had a great response.  So many had no idea that the flu mist was a problem for medically fragile kids. If your child is otherwise healthy, it should be fine.  It's the ones who are susceptible to germs and have chronic diseases who are at risk, because it is a live virus. If you're choosing between the flu shot and flu mist for your child (or no flu vaccine at all...), consider this:  medically fragile kids cannot be around those who had the flu mist for up to 3 days because it is a live virus.   We have to keep Abby home from school on the days these are administered. There are 2 days, because kids getting it for the first time need two doses. I found out they usually use the pre-k room to administer the flu mist!  (No worries--that is going to be moved!)  If your child had the flu mist, please let me know so that we can avoid contact for 3 days after.   Also, anyone who chooses  not to g...