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I got my daughter the Chicken Pox shot. I realize that I'm in the minority nationwide, but that's ok.
I got her the shot, because I had the pox when I was 19. I can remember them vividly. I mean VIVIDLY. I talked to her doctor (who is the best pediatrician in the world) about trying to keep her from the inevitable. I mean, kids have to take some lumps. As my mother always says, "they do get hurt". I wasn't trying to keep her from living life.
But when I thought about how I had suffered, and itched, and scratched until I bled (and I was 19), and the nightmares that I suffered every single night for over a week. And the abundance of spots on my face, that I had to "Cocoa butter" every time I thought about it. (my face shined for a year) . And people asking other people what had happened to me. And the years it took for those spots to minimize.
How could I let my innocent baby go through that, if I could keep it from her? I would trade my life for hers any day. If I can prevent her one day of anguish with a shot, how can I not do it? I couldn't. If medicine can prevent her from going through what I went through, then I say, bring it on. She got the shot when she was 2 and a half.
I have never regretted it.
Now that Flu Shot...that's pure nonsense. I guess everybody has their limits.
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