Prom Dates and Cabbage Patch Kids

I am becoming convinced it is easier for a dorky clarinet player from the high school marching band to land a date with varsity-football prom king than it is to get an H1N1 vaccine.

Last week at my appointment at the RE's I asked the doctor about the vaccine. She told me I definitely should get it but for political reasons her department didn't get any and won't get any.

I called my OB and after two calls, Nurse Rachel told me, they are out of dosages now but I am not high priority. First priority goes to people with chronic illnesses (and pregnant) such as diabetes, asthma, and so on. Second priority goes to pregnant moms who are near full term 36 weeks or more.

I am in the bowels of the third priority group. I was told to call back next week to see if they had a date for the new dosages arrival. I did ask if they were getting the vaccine without thimerosal and she said she hadn't heard of it but it is about the amount of mercury you'd eat in a seafood dinner.

On the news I saw some community colleges were offering the vaccine up for the public. A friend of a friend has a kid with a heart condition so they stood in line for 2 hours and got turned away. My sister-in-law said her pediatrician doesn't have any.

The reminds me of the hey day of Cabbage Patch Kids when I left the store with my sad little rain check in hand.