Thank God for Airplanes

I am so thankful for my dear friends. It was so good to see and spend time with you. Thank you so much for letting me come visit. I am truly blessed by you.
I forgot my camera so I have no pictures to post but you can check out the The Buzzmeo Chronicles for a couple pics of our weekend. I love you guys and can't wait til we see you again.
Thank you Mike for staying home with Dude, allowing Tank and me to go. I love you!

look what I found

when I went to get Tank up from his nap.

Thanks

for the great visit! We had lots of fun.

logic over instinct

I had good talk with a friend who is in his residency for pediatrics. I thought I needed some facts from someone that knows what they are talking about. He explained to me how the vaccine is made and the risks involved. The swine flu vaccine is made just like the seasonal flu vaccine, the only difference is the strain of flu virus in the vaccine. Instead of H2N3, H2N1, H1N4 (just an example) it just has H1N1. The risks are the same. 1 in 1,000,000 get temporary paralysis. About half get some soreness around the injection area and a fever that last for a day or two. He also told me the swine flu is killing people in there 20's and 30's. So I should definitely be getting the vaccine. For some reason I still have a little part of me saying I shouldn't get my kids vaccinated, but I am going to go with logic and get the shots.

Instinct

I've had several conversations lately about whether of not I am going to get my kids the swine flu shot. My gut instinct says no. It hasn't been tested on kids and I don't know the lasting effects of the vaccine. It seems like less people have died from the swine flu then from the seasonal flu. I don't see why it is such a big deal. I know I am not a medically educated person, nor do I have all the facts. I just don't like the idea of putting stuff into my kids when I don't really know the side effects. Its funny because I don't have any problems with all the other vaccines. My kids get all their shots. There is just something in my gut saying NO to the swine flu shot. I don't want to be irresponsible, and not get them vaccinated if they really do need it, but I also want think there is something to my gut instinct.