Decisions

It seems there are so many decisions in a day and I have to say I'm not a fan of making decisions. I find the big ones to be pretty easy and as a general rule my spouse and I agree on those life changing choices. What I find annoying are the little everyday decisions. Trying to decide what to cook for a meal or what to do with a family day.


The big decision of the day is the H1N1 vaccine. I'm comfortable getting the vaccine but I'm not so sure I'm comfortable with M getting it. Actually I think my biggest issue is the adjuvant in the vaccine which is the only version currently available. I know M is in a high risk group because of his age and because he had pneumonia a couple of months back. I know the risk of complications is less with the vaccine than it is with contracting H1N1. What I don't know is what is the effect of the adjuvant that is in the vaccine. Apparently no one else knows this either because there have been no studies done for M's age group. This makes me think that I should simply wait for the unadjuvanted version which is supposed to be out in a couple of weeks. Theoretically this would be a safer option for him and yet it is still effective. Not as effective right away as the currently available version but still effective. Which then takes my mommy brain right back to....am I putting my child at risk by waiting. This is a never ending circle that is making my brain hurt because there is too much information out there. I haven't made a decision but I think I'm leaning on waiting for the vaccine without the adjuvant. If they had the time to include this strain in the seasonal shot it would not have included the adjuvant so that's likely the way I'll go for him. Wow, funny how something that should be so simple has become so big.