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Wellness Wednesday for November 2, 2022

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My son got his 15 month well-child check today. At the appointment everyone was really trying to upsell me the COVID Vaccine. I had a conversation that went:

Dr: "Are you sure, just the regular 15 month vaccines?"

Me: "And the flu shot."

Dr: "The regular 15 month vaccines, COVID, and the flu shot?"

Me: 'Ye-no, no COVID. Just the flu shot if that's possible."

Dr: "Yes, it's possible."

Then with the nurse administering the vaccines:

Nurse: "I noticed on the paper it said just the 15 month vaccines, would you like the flu shot as well?"

Me: "Yes, the flu shot."

Nurse: "COVID, too?"

Me: "No COVID."

Nurse administers 3 shots. I get the paper home with my son's weight, height, and shots administered. They list COVID as administered, no flu shot. My husband called them, he was put on hold then disconnected.

I'm sure the pediatrician thinks I'm crazy, but I don't think a boy less than 2 years of age gets a huge benefit from a Covid vaccine, he's already on an aggressive vaccine schedule, getting multiple vaccines every three months, and I really wanted him to have that flu shot.

There also needs to be a clearer way to consent to medications/procedures than a verbal conversation that apparently two separate people misunderstood. I'm still hoping he got the flu shot but the paper was marked wrong.

When my son has gotten his vaccines they always show me the syringe and what it says on it and confirm with me that's what we consent to. I think that's the best way to make sure no mixups occur.

A part of me just really hopes it was a typo and they are just disorganized. I have a hard time believing what it looks like happened actually happened.

Isn’t this the USA? The county of suing everyone for any mistake and making millions? I don’t know if this is how it works in reality but the situation definitely gives me some ideas

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