In article >,
Christine Dabney > wrote:

> On Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:22:50 -0600, Omelet >
> wrote:
>
>
> >So tell me... if a 3 yo is not at risk, why did she die of respiratory
> >failure? Imho the vaccine should be more widely available.
> It is widely available, but you won't see it used outside of newborn
> ICUs, for the most part.
>
> I bet if you went to your local NICU and asked, you would find out
> that it is widely available, and used.
>
> If you want to discuss this more, lets take to email, okay? I try to
> keep my discussions here, on food related stuff.....
>
> Christine

It's all good. I felt more people needed to know about RSV. It really is
not well known. I personally feel any toddlers in day cares should be
vaccinated.

I'll talk to Dr. Statler or Owens next time I see them.

Thanks for the heads up. I really did not know there was a vaccine for
it.

The death of a child always hits me hard.

The last one before this was a newborn that had contracted parvovirus in
utero.

Born with a 5 gram hemoglobin and only lived a few hours.
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Peace! Om

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