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Originally posted by aurora_borealis
My friend's little brother had chicken pox when I was in the third grade. My parents sent me over to "catch" them, and I spent my birthday and part of spring break with them. However I was eight or so, and was highly distracted and entertained with all my birthday presents.
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LOL. My mom did the same thing! One of the girls in my Girl Scout Troup caught it when I was about 7 so my mom sent me to her house to hang out with her. She wanted me to get Chicken Pox when I was young since the illness affects you more the older you get. Unfortunately, I didn't catch it from her. When I was 9, I remember sitting in my 3rd grade classroom when the Secretary came over the class PA and asked that I come to the front office because my mom was taking me home. I was so confused until I got into my mom's car and saw my little sister with red spots all over her face. My mom looked at me and said, "I'm taking you home so that you and your sister can play in the same room together for the next few hours. Make sure to hug each other a lot." My mother...lol...God love her. Needless to say, I got Chicken Pox a few days later.
I think you're supposed to get your Tetanus Booster every 10 years as an adult. I had to get one after breaking my elbow during a Rollerblading accident back in the Summer of 2000 since I was all scraped up from an impact with a metal fence. (yeah...ow!) In the Summer of 2002, I was walking around my apartment when I stepped on the wrong end of a sewing needle that my roommate had dropped on the ground and neglected to pick up. I had to go to the ER (the needle would NOT come out...the doctor had to make an incision in my foot and put in some stitches...good fun) and I remember the doctors asking me when my last Booster had been. They told me that if it had been more than 5 years, they would need to give me one. I think it's every 10 years that you should be vaccinated but if you are injured by way of a rusty nail, needle, etc. then they'll give you a booster if you haven't been vaccinated in 5+ years.