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Jessica Holt, a mother of two, didn't worry about the flu. Her two boys, 7 and 3 years old, were both healthy and active.
"What I thought when I started to hear about H1N1 was, 'That's not going to happen to me. It's like bird flu,' " said Holt, of Rancho Cucamonga, California.
In November, her older son, Joey Holt, was sent home from school with a 103-degree fever. He complained of a stomachache. Two days later, she took him to see a doctor, who sent them home with a prescription for antibiotics and a recommendation for fluids and rest.
That night, Joey kept vomiting. His skin was pale and felt like an ice cube, his mother said. She called 911. En route to the hospital, Holt watched as Joey's heart rate dropped from 150 to 50 beats a minute. He said, "I love you, Mama. Hold my hand."
Then, "he was gone," Holt said.
"If I had gotten my son Joey vaccinated, maybe he'd be here right now," Holt said. "You don't want to walk in my shoes. I live every day with that regret: Why didn't I do it?"
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"What I thought when I started to hear about H1N1 was, 'That's not going to happen to me. It's like bird flu,' " said Holt, of Rancho Cucamonga, California.
In November, her older son, Joey Holt, was sent home from school with a 103-degree fever. He complained of a stomachache. Two days later, she took him to see a doctor, who sent them home with a prescription for antibiotics and a recommendation for fluids and rest.
That night, Joey kept vomiting. His skin was pale and felt like an ice cube, his mother said. She called 911. En route to the hospital, Holt watched as Joey's heart rate dropped from 150 to 50 beats a minute. He said, "I love you, Mama. Hold my hand."
Then, "he was gone," Holt said.
"If I had gotten my son Joey vaccinated, maybe he'd be here right now," Holt said. "You don't want to walk in my shoes. I live every day with that regret: Why didn't I do it?"
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/...m_campaign=Feed: rss/cnn_health (RSS: Health)