I finally got my seasonal flu shot. I have been trying for *weeks* to get one from my primary care physician’s office and was added to a waiting list I was told was four pages long.
Last week, I got the call that they had a shot for me and I could get it on Monday. However, since Monday was spent in the hospital thinking (and hoping) that I was in labor, I didn’t make it. Today, I got a call from my doctor’s office asking me if I was still interested. I apologized and explained about Monday, and the nurse responded by saying, “So, do you want it or not?” Apparently, a 90-year-old woman wanted one too, and she would get my shot if I didn’t want it.
I definitely think the elderly should be vaccinated, but since I literally have *no* immune system right now and since the vaccine will innoculate Lucy (important since she will be born during flu season and can’t get the shot after birth until 6 months old), I really felt like I needed to get it.
When I arrived, the oh-so-friendly nurse ushered me to the lab and said, “This 90-year-old woman REALLY needs this shot, but I HAD to find out if you wanted it first since we were holding it for you.”
Guilt trip much? So, I guess I’m selfish, but I have my baby to think about too.
You should have told Nurse Ratched that logic alone dictated that the shot did more good when used for two people. Besides, from my vantage point she had no business telling you about the elderly lady anyway.
I wonder if she ever had kids herself.
Hope your new little one arrives safely and soon!
I never went to nursing school, but I’m pretty sure that they teach you not to say those types of things. What was she thinking? Obviously she wasn’t, since in my book, a pregnant woman is higher priority than the elderly.
1. It’s really inappropriate for her to say anything about this to you at all. Seriously, it’s irrelevant to you whether it’s Mother Theresa or Charles Manson waiting for that shot. You have to make the best decision for you and your baby.
2. This is a pure cost-benefit analysis on their part, too. Two for one! THAT is efficient.
That nurse DEFINITELY shouldn’t have acted that way. 🙁
They really have so few vaccines that you all can’t have it? I had mine on Monday, offered by my doctor’s surgery. I’m neither 90 nor pregnant. 🙂 They really shouldn’t have put you in that position.
You should have offered to fight the old lady for the vaccine. 🙂