My husband and I both have asthma. We are at "high risk" for developing pneumonia if we get the flu, so we ALWAYS get our shots!!!I got a really bad dose of flu when my children were aged about 10 and 8 and my husband was working abroad. It was proper flu; I could barely move. We have no family living in the area, so I had no backup.
I felt so bad when my daughter, aged 10, organised pizza for dinner for herself and her brother, a lift to go to Brownies that night and a lift to school next day for them both ... all off her own back.
I vowed never to get into that mess ever again and have had the vaccination every year since.
