Tuesday, March 22, 2005

Vaccinations...getting there

Hannah has had a quiet couple of weeks, just the Hep B vaccination last week (she was her usual brave little self, suppose she thinks having needles stuck in her is just something that's part of life). She remains the picture of health, fortunately she seems to have avoided the nasty virus that knocked big sister Caitlin for six. We have the next hep B on April 13th and then no vaccinations for 5 months!!!!!!! (After 11 injections in 8 sessions over 4 months )

Unfortunately there's a bit of a glut of them in the autumn, but after that I think there's just Pneumovax at 2 years and the yearly flu jab.Her next clinic appointment (Dr Coad again) is on 3rd June so she will have bloods taken just before that. So long as Hannah's health continues to be as good as now, we have a much needed family holiday planned just after that.

Caitlin is back to her usual self which is a huge relief, it was not very pleasant to see my normally bubbly little girl so ill and withdrawn. This is the first time she has had anything more than a cold or upset tummy and I don't think she knew what hit her! The docs think she was hit by 2 viruses in quick succession and her little immune system struggled to cope. I am working on an independent website to free up the caringbridge space for someone else, so will post a link to that when it's finished

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