Get a vaccine against influenza in healthy adults are at risk too
in the interests of promoting a more robust speech around the importance of regular vaccinations for serious but preventable contagious infections, MHA @ GW is hosting a series of client in honor of the national consciousness immunization Month (NIAM). Throughout the month of August, we present leaders of opinion pieces and advocates in the field who have been invited to write about the importance of vaccination in 2015. Learn more about the project in our after the introduction.
By Sharon Hicks, parents of children with infectious diseases
She was active in the community, supporting anything for children. She made sure that her own two children received a lot of experiences by visiting zoos and national parks, camping, playing sports and doing many other activities. She was always on the road. She encouraged each of us to spend time with the family and put aside our daily tasks so that we would not miss opportunities to make memories. She was an avid photographer and had thousands of photos stored on a memory card. She was always the one to go back on someone who is left out, and took the time to show them kindness and love. Kristi has developed many strong relationships because of this attitude. She was very strong-willed, fighting for what she thought was the right thing in life.
My sister was someone special.
Because Kristi taught the first year, she was often exposed to colds and other illnesses. Although she was healthy, December 12, 2013, she began to develop symptoms of the flu. She had a headache, extreme fatigue, nausea, vomiting and coughing. She went to her doctor, who prescribed Tamiflu and told him to take some over-the-counter medications to relieve flu. She decided not to buy Tamiflu because even with insurance, the cost is $ 65, and she had left Christmas presents to buy. Kristi does not want anyone to go without a precious gift, especially children.
The next two days, it began to deteriorate to the point that she could not get out of bed to get fluids. Friends came by to help and brought her Gatorade. My mother took her chicken broth and noodles, and she got out of bed on Sunday, December 15.
She always complained of a headache, but drank plenty of fluids to try build strength. Kristi fever continued and she began noticing some pain in the chest Sunday evening in the shower. Once out, she said, he left. Emergency care was already closed, so she said she would return to her doctor's office on Monday morning, just to be sure she does not develop complications.
My mother asked if she had received a vaccine against the flu this year and she said: "No, but I'll definitely get next year," she was so afraid of needles it chose not to get a vaccine, thinking a lot of people get the flu and suffer through it a few days and get better.
she was not so lucky.
December 16 at 13:13, just four days into his illness, I get a call from my father say an ambulance was at the home of Kristi and it did not look good. hearing these words of my father, who was an EMT , made me realize he was serious. As I rushed to the hospital, I took my mother from work and tried to reassure her to stay calm. I tried to prepare her for Kristi may be on a ventilator and unconscious, just in case.
As we approached the doors of the emergency room, my father came out with tears streaming down her cheeks, and my mother knew instantly without speaking . She desperately asked, "She did not?" He shook his head in silence. As I stood there clinging to my parents as they mourned the death of their child, I thought of the words of my mother that I had so quickly brushed off: "People die from influenza, Sharon."
As a nurse brand, I took care of many patients with influenza and they recovered. I brushed off when my mother was worrying the weekend because my sister was healthy. She was active. She was an adult without complications.
Kristi was so healthy, she gave my father a kidney 10 years ago. At her regular checkups, her doctor always said things looked good and it was well done. Healthy adults do not die from the flu.
She was a fighter, she was so strong will. People like that do not succumb to the flu.
But I was wrong. Healthy adults and children die each year from influenza because they are not vaccinated. - Track # 1 to prevent infection
Losing a sister, and having to see my parents mourn the loss of their firstborn child, was the most difficult thing I am facing in my life. Seeing the pain in the eyes, thousands of tears shed, crushing me. I not only lost my sister, but also had to look at the pain of my parents, knowing that I could not solve this problem. However, one thing I know is that it could have been avoided. It takes just a minute. The pain of a needle does not compare to the pain of watching your family suffer through pain - trust me
The flu can be prevented by a single annual vaccine taken .. It's your choice. Please take the decision to vaccinate you against this deadly disease.
Vaccine lawyer Sharon Hicks shared personal history of his family as part of PKIDs "(parents of children with infectious diseases) Your Choice program. It is the hope we all choose vaccination on the risk of infection, for ourselves and those we love.
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