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Getting flu over flu shot

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As turned 18-month HG has been more stably healthy compared to the last year where he got sick almost every month (or even every other week). This week, however, he started having fever in 39C (102.2+F) range consistently for a few days. He had his eyes swollen as his mom noticed. So she took him to an urgent care nearby after her work and turned out he has flu. He had a shot in the middle of the last Fall but still got it, so this is either a strain that isn't covered by the vaccine or he's little and it affects him more. Either way, powerful one. Now he's going through some of the symptoms listed on babycenter.com , including losing his voice, very runny nose, coughs as usual although lighter for him than the asthma attacks he had. He may also be feeling unusual fatigue since he's still active but not as much and sleeps longer in the morning (wakes up but doesn't even cry for picking him to get out of the bed). Mom worries about the risk of escalating to pneumon