yesterday percy had a total of three injections for her twelve months immunisations. poor dear seemed to know what was coming when i tucked her in hard under my arm and held her knees down. she had a big wide-eyed, "i'm not sure i'm going to like this, in fact did i even give my consent" look on her face.
she gave a little squwak on the third injection and that was it! brave little missy. she seemed fine for the remainder of the day and today too. the doctor did say the mmr vaccine is live and can cause cold like symptoms at around 5 days (just in time for the weekend) so some panadol if she's upset then might be in order.
let's trust all the alleged links between the mmr vaccine and autism are unfounded. i'm a bit concerned because a colleague of mine from years back swore that the mmr vaccine brought on an autism spectrum disorder in her daughter. apparently her daughter was progressing normally, learning to walk and run, had the rudiments of short sentences and was generally a delight. post vaccine she lost her speech, reverted to crawling and became reclusive with everyone except her mother. i don't know what happened over the years as i have lost touch with this colleague tho i do know for at least 18 months following the injection her daughter progressed not at all.
isn't it silly that one personal experience will prey on your mind far more than all the scientific research in the world?
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Yeah, I know what you mean - it would be really hard to have your child diagnosed with autism and to wonder about vaccinations. But did you see that documentary last night on the ABC about stuff? The interviewed a woman that had been in an iron lung since the 50s (polio), and then I thought long and hard about how many suffered before vaccinations.
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