It's been a while since I've posted. I have so many excuses, but I think that my failure to maintain this blog property comes down to a critical character flaw that I'm trying to remedy ... laziness. After 37 years ... strike that ... 38 years, I've come to realize that I'm lazy in so many ways. Will I ever be able to beat lethargy?
At any rate, my husband and I recently decided to move back to his native country of Ecuador. Being concerned about the lack of access to health care for many people there and the lack of hygiene, we made the difficult decision of immunizing little Zander against measles, mumps and rubella. We (meaning: me) had been putting the decision off, and trying to find a way to have the shots administered separately. However, BIG PHARMA doesn't sell the shots separately, so we had no choice but to go the route of the triple shot.
About nine days ago, our family doctor - who has been pushing vaccines anyway - gave Zander the MMR vaccine and we expect to have the varicela administered within the next week or so.
Similar to the ironic twist in my last autism-related post, Zander was supposed to receive his varicela vaccination today. However, he developed a high fever yesterday, which continued today. Low and behold, when we took him to the doctor, we found that the fever is possibly related to his MMR shot. I'm trying to remain positive rather than fearful.
Other this alarming development, I haven't noticed any changes in Zander. He seems to be his normally energetic, quirky self. Let's hope that he remains this way and develops as he should.
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