RSV Vaccine/Palivizumab?

katie4253

Gabe will be eligible for the Palivizumab shots during RSV season.  Does anyone have any experience with this? 

ssg73

Ella got synergis during rsv season her first year (October to May) we still kept her on lock down (no outings except doctors offices and our parents) except for small family functions for the season.  She stayed healthy which was very nice.  She only had one small cold her first year of life.  You should know that synergis is not a vaccine it will not prevent your child from getting rsv.  It will only help him fight off the virus if he gets it.  It is a shot of antibodies not a killedor attenuated virus.  It is very expensive but worth every penny.

mrsbnlmel

No advice other than get it if you can. We weren't eligible because Owen was 35 weeks 3 days. He was a November baby so we never left the house with him other than doctor's appointments. We let no children visit, etc- total lock down. He still managed to contract RSV within a week of me returning to work. He was 3 months old. It was very scary. I wish we had been able to get it for him that first year. 

jacque_z

Channing has received two doses of Synagis so far.  One right before discharge and another a month later from her pedi.  She should qualify for another round this fall.  Even if she doesn't qualify we'll probably go ahead and pay for it anyway. She hasn't been sick yet and I'd like to keep it that way for as long as we can.    

chickaboo1974

It can be extremely expensive- even with insurance coverage.  My boys qualified for 3 shots- thankfully their deductibles were satisfied for November and December (they were born in November).  However for the January shots we had to pay nearly $400 each- since they had a new deductible.

And it is not a vaccine- it will lessen the symptoms if he contracts it- but not prevent it. I kept the boys at home until the beginning of March- and they just had their first cold in June. 

livnluv2010

My little one was born in November and he received the shots through RSV season.  He was pretty much on lock down at home too.  He didn't get sick but I think a lot of that had to do with the fact that he only went out to see the doctor!  The shots are really expensive and I was lucky that my insurance covered them. I didn't see any negatives with the shot. 

skells

DS was born at the end of Dec and he got Synergis from Jan to May when RSV season ended. He got his first cold at the end of April but it wasn't bad at all. I would recommend it.

LuckyMom0203

chickaboo1974:

It can be extremely expensive- even with insurance coverage.  My boys qualified for 3 shots- thankfully their deductibles were satisfied for November and December (they were born in November).  However for the January shots we had to pay nearly $400 each- since they had a new deductible.

And it is not a vaccine- it will lessen the symptoms if he contracts it- but not prevent it. I kept the boys at home until the beginning of March- and they just had their first cold in June. 

 

This.  It was technically considered a prescription drug under our insurance company and we have a 20% co-insurance payment which would've been... wait for it... $847 per shot.  And her doctor recommended she get four shots.  Blugh.  Luckily we were approved by some copayment assist programs and got financial assistance to afford them.  

If they're available to you and you can afford them, I'd definitely take advantage of that.  

lemen99

071407bride:

My little one was born in November and he received the shots through RSV season.  He was pretty much on lock down at home too.  He didn't get sick but I think a lot of that had to do with the fact that he only went out to see the doctor!  The shots are really expensive and I was lucky that my insurance covered them. I didn't see any negatives with the shot. 

ditto all of this. Andrew was born in Dec '08 and got shots the following winter 09-10.  he didn't get sick until we took him out of lockdown in April of '10.  Get the shots if you can in case your LO does get sick.