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By DEBORAH SHEPHERD
Tiao-Dmocnl Slid Writer
No child likes to hear the dreaded words “booster shot,” and a trip to the nurse often results in tears, but immunizations save the lives of thousands of U.S. children every year.
Beginning at birth and continuing through ages 14 to 16, children receive vaccines against nine crippling or lifethreatening diseases. Immunization is available through private physicians or through the Fauquier County Health Department.
Recently, the free walk-in immunization clinic at the Health Department was full of mothers with infants and toddlers,
Sheri Perez said, “1 can’t stand to watch it,” but she held six-month-old Mark in her lap as he received the oral polio booster and a shot in the thigh. Head nurse Connie Dwyer reminded her that the shot, which was his diphtheria-pertussis-tetanus booster, may cause a slight fever.
“He’ll get a lot of babying the rest of the day,” said his mother.
Since 1950 the Code of Virginia has required that every child, except those with religious or medical exemptions, must be immunized before starting school. Amanda Ramey entered kindergarten at Grace Miller Elementary School this year and was at the clinic for DTP, MMR and polio boosters.
With mother Jody close by, Amanda bravely endured shots in both arms, turning her head away so she would not have to
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