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  1. This happened on The Daily Show too. I believe Samantha Bee had that exact exchange with someone.
  2. Both of my kids got RSV, for which there is no vaccine, as infants. My oldest was 6 months old when he got it, and since we were home for Christmas when he got sick, we ended up at St. Mary's hospital in Port Arthur on Christmas Day when he was diagnosed and admitted. He'd gotten pneumonia along the way. It took them NINE TRIES to get his IV in and on about try #5 I had to leave the room because I was about to lose my shit on every person working in the ER. He was there for 4 days. I had also gotten RSV and was staying in the hospital room with him because he was nursing. I would nurse him while sitting under one of those oxygen tents, which they put over the chair in the room so we could both sit under it. He had been in the NICU when he was born and I was petrified that we would end up back there. My youngest was 7 weeks old when he got it. By the time he got a fever, I hadn't slept for 24 hours (again, nursing mother and a sick baby who wouldn't sleep for long stretches). We lived near Cedar Park Regional at the time so I took him over there while HornOnTheBayou stayed home with our 3-year-old. They did an RSV test and while it was processing, the doctor came over to discuss the possibility of it being meningitis. If the RSV test came back negative, their recommendation was to do a spinal tap to rule out meningitis. I had to sign some consent forms, and they went over the details of the procedure, which involved holding my 7-week-old in a sitting position while they drew spinal fluid. They "highly recommended" I not be in the room when this happened. The RSV test came back positive so we ended up not having to do the spinal tap, but they did send him to Dell Children's via ambulance and he was there for about a week. All this is to say that the above happened because of a disease we can't really prevent, and it scared the shit out of me both times. I would never, ever, forgive myself if one of my children was seriously ill or injured by something I could have prevented with a vaccine. I am not a doctor, nor am I an expert in pediatric illnesses. I take my children to doctors because I do not have the time nor the inclination to become an expert in this area. I respect and observe their opinions regarding my children's health because they have expertise in this field and base their recommendations on empirical data. It floors me that some people rely on the internet and/or baseless opinions when it comes to their kids' health. If either of my children contracted a preventable disease and died or was seriously injured from someone who was unvaccinated for a non-medical reason, I would be out for blood. And I mean that seriously - just thinking about it makes me want to go on the war path and straight up murder someone. You do not fuck with a mother.
  3. I was born in '81. I don't think there was a chickenpox vaccine then because I distinctly remember getting it (chickenpox) in 2nd grade and my parents would've gotten me the vaccine if it was available. I did have the measles vaccine, although I don't know if it was the MMR then.
  4. This is my response to stuff like this. Oh, you never wore a seatbelt growing up and you're fine? Sure, because you weren't one of the many who died and whose deaths spurred legislation that keeps you safer. Dumbass. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  5. They are the fucking worst. We've had TxTags since the toll roads opened and I still get bills in the mail ALL THE TIME with reminders about how much I'd have saved if I had a TxTag. One time a couple of years ago I called them and after a very long time, asking to speak to everyone I could get on the phone, they took off the extra 10% or whatever they charge for not having a tag. I channeled Dr. Daly from comm studies and just kept repeating "It is not my fault your technology didn't work. Yes, it is installed correctly. It is not my fault your technology didn't work. Yes, it is installed correctly." Ad nauseum. Was it worth it to save 10% on a toll bill? Probably not, but it felt good to finally win one with them.
  6. We roll up to Murchison/Anderson. In fact, tonight is the parent info session for incoming 6th graders and I'll be there. Soooo it'll be interesting to see how they address or don't address this.
  7. Couple of years ago I came across this post about a woman who is also a "naturopath" who blogged about how she "treated" her young children who got pertussis. All three of them had it. One was 9 months old. They all lived. But it's a horrifying read, probably more so if you have kids of your own. Still, read the original post, which was taken down from the original site after a bunch of backlash, but still survives in screen cap form on the link I posted above. Your kids have some medical reason they can't get vaccinated, or if they can't because they're not old enough yet, that's one thing. That's why we protect them with herd immunity. But to put your children through a preventable disease, and risk their lives, because of some bullshit you read on the internet? Which isn't backed by actual data and/or peer-reviewed studies (and this is the case with every single anti-vaxxer I know personally)? Fuck you and I hope your children get through childhood without any long-term negative health effects and manage to do so without causing someone else to get a serious illness.
  8. Doug Jones is just sitting there like "Oh thank God it's not me he's yelling at."
  9. This is like saying that because winters are still cold, climate change is a myth.
  10. The biggest thing I'm picking up from this season so far is Hayes being a majorly unreliable narrator. Most of what we're getting is his POV and he's obviously not all there in the latest timeline. I'm not speculating about much yet because I feel like we're going to start learning more and more info pointing to the fact that his recollection in the first two timelines is, at best, off, and at worst, a major detour from the truth.
  11. Buzzfeed has really come a long way from just being the website that brought the listicle to prominence.
  12. Do y'all's dogs do this thing where their toy goes under the furniture and they lay there and growl and bark at it till you get the toy out for them? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  13. This is my toy. There are many like it, but this one is mine. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  14. OMG this fucking wind.
  15. Damn, we even have the same collar tag.
  16. Our windows were rattling in Milwood (by the Domain). Glad y'all figured it out. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  17. I know we do this all the time but I still do a double take when you post a pic of Edgar's twin. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  18. Went on a quick run this morning and am paying for it now. I showered off immediately after but every time I step outside the headache starts to creep. Just really sucks when perfect running weather means a mega dose of meds. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  19. I don't know why this stuff still amazes me, but amaze me it does. A few weeks ago Trump said, on camera, in front of witnesses, that he unequivocally would not blame Democrats for the shutdown, and tonight he unequivocally said the exact opposite, and none of his people give a shit. They just kiss his ass more and defend him more strongly. It's just so nuts to me that this is our reality now. Sometimes I wonder if he just has some fantastic blackmail material on every GOP senator and that's how he's able to do and say what he does. Maybe they were all members of a secret sex club at one point. Maybe they all bear the Dark Mark and must do as he bids when he calls them. Etc.
  20. Bummed that we missed the happy hour by a hair, along with the chance to meet some of y'all, but other than that it was an amazing night. I've been to a lot of football games but that was the most fun I've ever had. Love my Horns and I'm really hoping we get to go back to New Orleans next year.
  21. I just learned of a photo series called Little Kids and Their Big Dogs and it's the best thing I've seen in forever.
  22. We just moved to Parmer/Mopac a few months ago, so that timing worked out. And we both work east of Mopac. I don't envy anyone having to regularly go north on Parmer even now.
  23. I'm so sorry, T Boo. May he have endless tennis balls and fields to chase them through for eternity.
  24. I think there's about as much a chance of there being demons as there is a chance of a god(s) existing. (I'm agnostic and I'm not being snarky - I really have no idea. It's a big universe out there.) Have y'all read anything on autoimmune encephalitis? There's a pretty good memoir about it from a woman who was diagnosed in her early 20s, and because it's so rare, doctors are now starting to think that some people accused of demonic possession in the past actually had the disease because the symptoms align with what people thought possession looked like. It's a quick read: Brain on Fire.
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