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Date Posted: Saturday, October 10, 2009, 10:16: am
In reply to:
nicole
's message, "Re: Another Question for Becky" on Saturday, October 10, 2009, 01:25: am
>>I have not had to go through that and I never will let a dr do that to my son<<
You have to remember in my case how new penicillin was back then. It had only been in mass production for 12 years by the time I was seven years old.
We are much further along with computers today than we were with penicillin back then. Most young adults today didn't know of a time where there wasn't a computer or computer viruses. Even today we are seeing people that lose all their data and have to reformat their computer because of viruses.
Injections were also the only way to deliver penicillin, but I think the reason so many of us had to endure so much pain or the frequent use was lack of knowledge. It also was based on the age of the doctor, I'm sure, how quickly he would grab the needle and use it on everyone in the house.
Today we will hear terribly sad stories how someone's kid had to go to the hospital because they were so sick. Very seldom is it due to an infection, but sometime it is, and even fewer times did they have to stay overnight in a hospital because of it. In my grandmother's day (and the doctor's day) she grew up where 3 kids out of a large family of 10 died before they were ten. These were due to various causes but mostly infection and many time they were never determined because lack of knowledge. Once penicillin was in wide use they seldom saw such things.
So now think of yourself as a doctor growing up as a kid back then and watching the whole family going through burying your brother or sister that will never be seen again. A crying little kid getting a shot in his or her butt was of little concern compared to what he witnesses. And also imagine his before and after solution as an adult watching kids you treat die, then a few years later with the same illness, they would live. In fact if you could you'd probably want to go door to door giving shots to everyone that had a sniffle knowing you could save lives. There was a reason it was given in the big muscle of the bottom instead of the arm. It hurt plenty and smaller muscle was worse. It was also better to see a kid limping instead of unable to reach for a glass of water while in bed.
I think you really have to use common sense today since the side effects are so minor and rare for most drugs and injections. I can't believe that some parents are refusing flu shots to their kids. To me it's the same as not strapping your child into a seat belt or car seat due to the rare occasion the seatbelt caused a death.
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