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For me, a parent with an immunocompromised son, I don't know what to do

now, subsequnt shots or not. And I don't think the CDC nor the Academy

of Peds does either.

http://news./s/nm/20070315/hl_nm/chickenpox_vaccine_dc

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I'm not sure if this is helpful but several years ago, when there was a rash

of chicken pox going around the homeschool co-op my son attends, I called Dr.

G for his thoughts. He said that Valtrex is effective against chicken pox so

it would be helpful if he got it while he was taking it because the reaction

would be less severe and he would be less likely to break out. My son did have

a fever and felt a bit ill for about a week but didn't break out. One of

these days when we're doing a blood draw, I'm going to ask the doc to check his

titers to see if he's now immune. He hasn't had the vaccine because I watched

a young mother die of chicken pox and I always thought it would be better for

him to get the disease as a child than to vaccinate against it and risk it

wearing off when he was older.

Gaylen

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I've stopped vaxing. I know that goes against what Dr. G says but I

just can't in good conscience submit a child with an already

compromised immune system to more crap for his system to try to sort

out. He's had most of his shots already so I'm a little late on the

bandwagon but my youngest son is not getting vaxed. He had a few,

too but not nearly as much as his brother. I may consider starting a

delayed schedule later on but right now, I'm more interested in both

of my son's being able to develop the best they can without further

complications. My youngest already shows signs of allergies (no

delays, thank goodness) so I'm keeping shots at bay for now.

The chicken pox vaccine never did sit well with me. It's been well

documented that it isn't very effective and when children/adults do

finally get it, it's much worse than if they hadn't. I prefer

letting them get it naturally like our generation did. My husband

had a *severe* case of pox as a child. He had the blisters *inside*

and out and had to be hospitalized. So I'm certainly familiar with

the idea that some can and do die from it - I think they said before

the vax about 100 children a year died from pox. Isn't that less

than the number of children that have an adverse reaction to vaccines

- and I don't mean autism related regardless of whether they became

autistic or not, I mean reactions like severe illness, anaphylaxis,

seizures, encephalitis, etc?

Cheryl

On Mar 16, 2007, at 6:01 AM, meljackmom wrote:

> For me, a parent with an immunocompromised son, I don't know what

> to do

> now, subsequnt shots or not. And I don't think the CDC nor the Academy

> of Peds does either.

>

> http://news./s/nm/20070315/hl_nm/chickenpox_vaccine_dc

>