DS's 15 month WBV is scheduled for this week. We do very s/d vaxing. I was planning on having him get his 4th HiB and 2nd Polio (this would be the one and only time that I planned on doing 2 vaxes at once).
He has had runny nose/congestion for the past week (needing the snot sucker before nursing most days, but only needing steamy shower/saline once), but has been otherwise fine.
I'm feeling anxious about this upcoming WBV because:
1) it seems like he's already fighting something, and I'm concerned about what germs may be lurking in the waiting room and exam room (i.e. flu or flu-like)
2) i know my ped will say it's fine for him to get the HiB and Polio with the runny nose, but i don't feel as sure.
3) i really (!) am not looking forward to being asked about flu vaxes and prevnar. ped has been pushing prevnar. we didn't do flu last year (ds was 6 months at the end of the flu season anyway) and i wasn't planning on it this year, but i feel the tiniest bit wavery on the h1n1 vax (don't even know if the office has it, but assuming that they do). if we don't do h1n1 then she'll use that as even more ammunition for prevnar (to prevent the secondary infection when/if he does get flu). i've been doing much looking into prevnar and trying to figure out if it could even help and i really doubt it would. and i feel like i'd be more willing to do h1n1 than prevnar. but, honestly, it's one of those decisions where i think i'd rather let the passage of time make the decision rather than make it myself - that is, if i postpone making the decision about h1n1 and prevnar for several more months, than either he gets flu and/or pneumonia or the flu season ends and he doesn't get it. and then i don't have to make a decision. does that make sense?
so, do we go to the visit this week? do i call and reschedule for a week or two from now?
He has had runny nose/congestion for the past week (needing the snot sucker before nursing most days, but only needing steamy shower/saline once), but has been otherwise fine.
I'm feeling anxious about this upcoming WBV because:
1) it seems like he's already fighting something, and I'm concerned about what germs may be lurking in the waiting room and exam room (i.e. flu or flu-like)
2) i know my ped will say it's fine for him to get the HiB and Polio with the runny nose, but i don't feel as sure.
3) i really (!) am not looking forward to being asked about flu vaxes and prevnar. ped has been pushing prevnar. we didn't do flu last year (ds was 6 months at the end of the flu season anyway) and i wasn't planning on it this year, but i feel the tiniest bit wavery on the h1n1 vax (don't even know if the office has it, but assuming that they do). if we don't do h1n1 then she'll use that as even more ammunition for prevnar (to prevent the secondary infection when/if he does get flu). i've been doing much looking into prevnar and trying to figure out if it could even help and i really doubt it would. and i feel like i'd be more willing to do h1n1 than prevnar. but, honestly, it's one of those decisions where i think i'd rather let the passage of time make the decision rather than make it myself - that is, if i postpone making the decision about h1n1 and prevnar for several more months, than either he gets flu and/or pneumonia or the flu season ends and he doesn't get it. and then i don't have to make a decision. does that make sense?
so, do we go to the visit this week? do i call and reschedule for a week or two from now?
