Vaccination Worries - First in a Series

Recently I received a copy of a local hospital network’s “Healthy You” magazine.  I usually find articles of interest in it–some that I agree with, some that I passionately disagree with.  This particular issue had one of the latter type.

My husband and I have chosen to partially vaccinate our children.  This is not a decision that we have come to easily.  Actually, our first daughter is nearly fully vaccinated–the only vaccine she has not gotten on schedule is Chicken Pox.  When she was an infant a vaccine for RSV was recalled because it was suspected of causing a condition called bowel intussusception–when the bowel folds on itself, causing a blockage.  Ironically, though our daughter had not received the vaccine, Continue Reading…