Annie Mae Braiden gave birth to her daughter Isabelle about 10 weeks ago, and everything should have been normal.
Unfortunately, Isabelle has spent the past month in the pediatric intensive care unit in a Victoria (British Columbia) hospital because she picked up whooping cough. Braiden is speaking out since she believes her daughter’s illness could have been prevented had other parents vaccinated their children. While Isabelle is too young to be vaccinated, mom believes that other children should have gotten their shots, because now Isabelle is the one who’s suffering.
In a Facebook post, Braiden urges other parents to make sure their kids get vaccinated, and not only for them but for the infants that are too young to receive vaccinations.
“What you do with your kids is your choice, but do not tell me that not vaccinating your kids isn’t hurting anyone but your own kids,” Braiden writes.
Dr. Jeff Bishop, a pediatrician who is treating Isabelle at Victoria General Hospital, said whooping cough is incredibly infectious and spreads easily through contact with anyone who is inadequately vaccinated. He said that he has noticed more children being treated with whooping cough in the past year, than ever before. “A small number of children have died during the past five years,” Dr. Bishop told the National Post.
“These are diseases that kill children and we’re lucky that in Canada we see them very rarely,” Dr. Bishop continues. “But we’re seeing them come back. We’re seeing measles, we’re seeing babies die from whooping cough where previously we weren’t.”
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Mom Urges Parents To Vaccinate Kids After Newborn Gets Whooping Cough is an article from: LifeDaily