Re: Second MMR vaccination

[Guest guest]

I signed a waiver for Evan and had no problems with the school about it. I

also signed a waiver for upon him entering kindergarten. Both have

already had all their vaccinations up to 5 yo so I did get a question from

the nurse at the health department but legally there was nothing she could

do. In California waivers are legal.

Betty

----- Original Message -----

> Beginning next school year (2001-2002) the Nebraska Department of

> Health and Human Services will require schools to have a record of

> two MMR vaccinations for all students. Previously the second MMR

> wasn't required until entering Junior High. Now I am faced with a

> decision regarding my daughter who is going into the third grade.

> The physicians assistant at the doctor's office, and the nurse from

> the immunization clinic, both say she should be fine since she had no

> adverse reaction to the first MMR immunization. Anyone have any

> experience or comments to share on the subject.

>

>

[Guest guest]

I hesitated to post this because I thought you all might end up calling me a

wimp lol but I have to tell you what happened two weeks ago.

Stupid me, I stepped on a nail. In fact, I knew it was there and I was in the

process of picking up the board to put it in the trash so no one would step on

it when I did it Well, I went to the ER and they cleaned it out and gave me an

antibiotic. Then of course they asked when I had my last tetnus shot. Well,

that was in 1987 when I did something stupid like slice my arm open with a

broken wine glass.

Since I have never had a problem detoxifying I got the shot. Then the nurse

comes in and gives me a card so I'll remember when I had my last shot. Guess

what, they gave me a DTaP! I've never had one in my life. I had the D in 5th

grade and I've had the T. I think I had pertusis in college and no one figured

it out because he doctors didn't think about the fact that people my age didn't

get a DTP shot. I had my titers checked in grad school and I was fine on

everything except rubella (sound familiar?). I had another rubella shot and

when I had my titers checked before getting pregnant I was still low in rubella

but not low enough to get another shot.

So, I should have called the ER on giving me something different than they told

me but since, for myself, it's no big deal, I didn't. But I tell you this as a

warning. Double check, that tetnus shot may really be a DTaP.

Maureen

[Guest guest]

" E. Oriel " wrote:

> Maureen,

>

> Since the adult tetanus booster still has no thimerosal-free alternative,

> you may have ended up with a thimerosal-free DTaP instead of a mercury

> containing Tetanus..... maybe...... ????

>

Just pisses me off that they told me Tetanus and then gave me DTaP. What if I

was

allergic? Why not just say DTaP? Like I said, for me, no big deal, but for

others,

.....

Maureen