Saturday, September 30, 2006

Monday, September 18, 2006

Time for more Jabs!

Little Zhiling was back to SGH today for:

  1. 1st dose of Infanrix-Hexa
  2. 1st dose of Pneumococcal Vaccine

Infanrix hexa is the new six-in-one combination vaccine (by GlaxoSmithKline) which contains the antigens for six of the seven diseases babies at 2, 4 and 6 months of age are currently recommended to be vaccinated against - diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough, hepatitis B, polio and Haemophilus influenza type b (Hib).

Pneumococcal Vaccine provides protection from pneumococcal infections which are caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae (a kind of bacteria). This germ can cause several different infections, including: meningitis (brain infection), bacteremia (bloodstream infection), pneumonia (lung infection), and otitis media (middle ear infection).

Poor Zhiling has got 1 jab each on both thighs.

Little Zhiling is now 5kg heavy, 56cm tall and has a head circumference of 37.5cm