http://coolmom.com/2009/04/10/whooping-cough/ parents don't know what they are doing anyway, might as well laugh about it Mon, 21 May 2012 19:40:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://coolmom.com/2009/04/10/whooping-cough/#comment-5316 Daphne Mon, 13 Apr 2009 22:56:17 +0000 http://coolmom.com/?p=2746#comment-5316 Carrie, is there daughter okay? PB- thank you for saying my writing is clear. sometimes it doesn't come out as clear as I want it too. Carrie, is there daughter okay?
PB- thank you for saying my writing is clear. sometimes it doesn’t come out as clear as I want it too.

]]> http://coolmom.com/2009/04/10/whooping-cough/#comment-5201 Carrie Sat, 11 Apr 2009 05:56:08 +0000 http://coolmom.com/?p=2746#comment-5201 Interestingly enough, I have a friend who was doing research to decide whether or not they wanted to immunize their baby and while they were trying to "figure it out" their 8 month old daughter got whooping cough. If only they had figured it out earlier and just bit the bullet. Interestingly enough, I have a friend who was doing research to decide whether or not they wanted to immunize their baby and while they were trying to “figure it out” their 8 month old daughter got whooping cough. If only they had figured it out earlier and just bit the bullet.

]]> http://coolmom.com/2009/04/10/whooping-cough/#comment-5188 PB Rippey/sleepless mama Fri, 10 Apr 2009 22:59:02 +0000 http://coolmom.com/?p=2746#comment-5188 So glad your son is home now--it really is the best place to be, isn't it? The healing place. Sorry you had the scare--you and your husband did great. Your writing was very clear and descriptive and I'm sure will be of help to others. Hope you all get some sleep now! So glad your son is home now–it really is the best place to be, isn’t it? The healing place. Sorry you had the scare–you and your husband did great. Your writing was very clear and descriptive and I’m sure will be of help to others. Hope you all get some sleep now!

]]> http://coolmom.com/2009/04/10/whooping-cough/#comment-5180 Catherine Tom-Revzon Fri, 10 Apr 2009 17:31:36 +0000 http://coolmom.com/?p=2746#comment-5180 Thanks for posting this. This is very important for folks to understand. Pertussis is not just a childhood disease, but as your doctor mentioned, on the rise for adolescents and adults. If one has the opportunity to get the tetanus-diptheria-acellular pertussis vaccine (Tdap) in place of one traditional tetanus booster (Td) vaccine, that would be ideal to protect everyone. The effect of the childhood vaccine series with diphtheria-tetanus-acellular pertussis (DTaP) vaccine starts waning about 5 to 10 years after the completion of the series. Read more about it at: http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd-vac/pertussis/default.htm#vacc. Thanks for posting this. This is very important for folks to understand. Pertussis is not just a childhood disease, but as your doctor mentioned, on the rise for adolescents and adults. If one has the opportunity to get the tetanus-diptheria-acellular pertussis vaccine (Tdap) in place of one traditional tetanus booster (Td) vaccine, that would be ideal to protect everyone. The effect of the childhood vaccine series with diphtheria-tetanus-acellular pertussis (DTaP) vaccine starts waning about 5 to 10 years after the completion of the series. Read more about it at: http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd-vac/pertussis/default.htm#vacc.

]]> http://coolmom.com/2009/04/10/whooping-cough/#comment-5179 Beth in SF Fri, 10 Apr 2009 17:07:35 +0000 http://coolmom.com/?p=2746#comment-5179 About 4 years ago, my brother-in-law (then 16 years old) caught whooping cough at school, and there was a local outbreak of it. My husband and I happened to be between apartments and staying at their house for that week. My father-in-law is a physician, so he put us all on preventative antibiotics and thankfully no other family members were infected. But it was so awful to see BIL so sick, and so stressful thinking we could be sick. I didn't even have a kid back then. You are so right--this is an OLD disease that should have been eradicated long ago. Stubborn, misinformed people wreck it for everyone else. About 4 years ago, my brother-in-law (then 16 years old) caught whooping cough at school, and there was a local outbreak of it. My husband and I happened to be between apartments and staying at their house for that week. My father-in-law is a physician, so he put us all on preventative antibiotics and thankfully no other family members were infected. But it was so awful to see BIL so sick, and so stressful thinking we could be sick. I didn’t even have a kid back then. You are so right–this is an OLD disease that should have been eradicated long ago. Stubborn, misinformed people wreck it for everyone else.

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