My DH was diagnosed with shingles this morning - the blisters just showed up last night. My boys (4 and 22 mos.) haven't had the CP vax yet, as I was hoping they would get it naturally. So I was excited about the chance to get it, but then I got to thinking - DS1 has 3 weeks of preschool left, and they have a bunch of fun things planned. I would hate for him to miss the fun. 
According to what I've read, we can get the CP vax within 3 days of exposure and greatly reduce their chances of getting it, or if they do still get it, it will be milder. If this was all happening a month from now, it wouldn't even be a question in my mind, we would just let things happen. But I'll be sad if DS1 misses anything fun, especially since he's made such good friends at school and since we recently moved, he won't be with them next year.
What would you do? Take the chance that maybe they wouldn't get pox until school is out? Or get the vax tomorrow to hopefully avoid missing school?
According to what I've read, we can get the CP vax within 3 days of exposure and greatly reduce their chances of getting it, or if they do still get it, it will be milder. If this was all happening a month from now, it wouldn't even be a question in my mind, we would just let things happen. But I'll be sad if DS1 misses anything fun, especially since he's made such good friends at school and since we recently moved, he won't be with them next year.
What would you do? Take the chance that maybe they wouldn't get pox until school is out? Or get the vax tomorrow to hopefully avoid missing school?
