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If your DC got the H1N1 shot, come in...

teacherjessteacherjess member
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We got the H1N1 for DD yesterday at the county clinic because DH and I have been pretty much continually exposed at school with all the sick kids. I can't believe we haven't caught it yet. Anyway, DD got the first half of it, but they didn't give DH any info on the second half. Does she just show up at another clinic and they'll know to give her just the second half? I assume it's not a difference vaccine, just half of the regular vaccine? Any suggestions or anything you were told? I'm kind of unhappy at the idea of having to go through another public clinic to get the second half because DH was there for close to two hours, but our pedi is not expecting to receive the vaccine until much later this winter.

ETA: They also didn't tell us how long to wait until the next dose? How many days? And is there a certain amount of days we have to get it before, time-wise? So confusing.

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Re: If your DC got the H1N1 shot, come in...

  • Temp806465500003043Temp806465500003043 member

    They told us to wait at least 30 days.  It is the same as the wait on the regular flu shot.  I think it is just another dose of the shot. We went to our county health dept and it was gross.  We just didn't let DD touch anything. 

    Maybe the pharmacists with us can explain why they have to get the second dose.  

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  • hannah&benhannah&ben

    30 days.  It doesn't matter if it comes from somewhere else - so long as they know she's already had the first.  Did they give you a little card with the date and stuff of the first 1?  They should have... keep that to take to the next place.

    There should be more vaccine around in a month... end of November is what I keep hearing for when it will be widely available.  And most people who are gonna get it will have gotten in by then I would think, so the second doses for kids under 10 shouldn't be that hard to come by.

    Hannah

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  • RXjennaRXjenna

    28 or more days is the recommended interval, but they have done tests with the H1N1 with a 21 day interval and that has been shown to be safe.  But the standard is 28 days. 

    https://www.cdc.gov/H1N1flu/vaccination/top10_faq.htm

    The reason kids need 2 shots is because their immune system is essentially a clean slate when it comes to flu viruses.  The first shot helps prime the immune system to recognize the virus and the second one ensures that enough antibodies will be produced to protect against the virus.  Older people don't need a second one because they have been around long enough to have been exposed to those flu virus strains, therefore their system doesn't need to be primed.  (Hope that makes sense.)

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  • teacherjessteacherjess member
    Thanks, ladies. I am hoping to be able to go to the pedi to get it and not the public clinic again. Ick. It was in Trotwood and DH said it was disgusting.
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  • andaileyandailey

    Erin,

        DH and I almost took Madelyn to Hara yesterday for the vaccine. We were afraid of arriving too late and then having to wait in line forever. What was the atmosphere like? We saw on the news that they were probably going to have another clinic available possibly late next week... would you recommend we go there? DD's pedi wants her to receive the vaccine since she was a preemie. TIA! 

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  • Klmorgan83Klmorgan83 member

    There is a clinic at the Miami Middletown Campus from 9-1 tomorrow.  We plan on all trying to get them tomorrow since DH and I both work in the healthcare field.

    Here's a list of other upcoming clinics https://www.wcpo.com/content/specials/2009/swineflu2009/story/Upcoming-Tri-State-H1N1-Vaccination-Clinics/VaLpjqpolk-R7R1CdIaqaw.cspx

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    imageteacherjess:
    Thanks, ladies. I am hoping to be able to go to the pedi to get it and not the public clinic again. Ick. It was in Trotwood and DH said it was disgusting.

    DH actually said the wait wasn't bad, just that Hara Arena is kind of icky and that it was disorganized. He got there at a pretty busy time and was there about 2 hours start to finish, but he said when he left around 5:30 that there was no one there and no line, and they still had vaccines left, and the clinic went until 7. The good thing about the clinic was that it was just for pregnant women and kids under 4, which I think really limited the crowd. Even with the ickiness, I'd recommend that clinic again just because I think it limited the types of people getting the shot, thus limiting the crowd.

    There is also a clinic every Thursday (I think 2-7?) in Darke County, which is about an hour away. I heard the crowds are not bad there. 

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