WHAT!!! Who is this? Mine is Peaches

And congratulations to @josephrfriedman.bsky.social for winning a poster award.

And then Drug Checking Los Angeles today: awesome project director @caitlinmolina.medsky.social and superstar collaborator @josephrfriedman.bsky.social had posters on the odd things we've been seeing in illicit drugs. Quetiapine (Seroquel) in heroin...Local anesthetics ('caines) in the fentanyl.

Now, with co-infection, he is having some of the exact outcomes the vaccine reduces. So anyway, here's my public health pitch to help not have more kids go through this!

Last fall, when the vaccine was finally in stock (I was calling places repeatedly, ha) and we scheduled an appointment, sure enough, had to cancel because he had RSV. This fall, he was older and not high risk...plus he had it once last year. But risk calculation is imperfect.

My kiddo has been previously healthy, through daycare gamut of colds and even RSV last year. And this is so scary, sad, and disruptive. I was so excited when RSV vaccine got approved, but I **just** missed it for pregnancy and it wasn't in stock anywhere when my kid was under 8 months.

At the moment, my family is on day-5 of toddler being hospitalized w/ RSV & parainfluenza. It's terrible. He's having a rough time. Improving, but still on supplemental oxygen and a bunch of other meds. (Photo from right before we trialed coming down from high flow).