Getting the flu is miserable. I remember the last time my family got the flu. It was almost 9 years ago, and one of the children at my oldest daughter’s birthday party had the flu and came to the party anyway. Over the next week the flu went through all the girls at the party and their families – except for the one family who had gotten flu shots. Here is my daughter a week later on her actual 9th birthday. She felt awful, and I was sick too, so she was lucky to get even this pitiful birthday cake.
We learned our lesson then – the best way to protect your family against the flu is by getting vaccinated.
