I found out almost a year ago that my aunt didn't vaccinate either of her kids (1 and 3 years old). I've tried hard to just respect her opinion and let it go but I still just see red every time I think about it. None of my family has worked in healthcare and no one understands why it bothers me so much.
When I found this out, I had just gotten my phlebotomy license working in a family practice and had to draw blood from an unvaccinated 4 year old who was suspected of having pertussis. She had been crying so hard she was losing her voice and didn't even have the energy to fight her mom from holding her down. I think about that interaction a lot and it breaks my heart to think about how easily it could have been prevented.
My aunt gives these kids TONS of "immune supplements" she got online that have no nutrition label, drug facts, or ingredients on them and still seems to think that vaccines are more unregulated than whatever the hell is in those drops and gummies. They also have a perpetual wet cough but I don't know if that's from being unvaccinated or just from being kids in a daycare.
I don't want a relationship with my aunt or her family anymore. I just don't understand how someone can care so little about the health of their kids and really of everyone around them. I've already decided their kids will not interact with mine (when I have them) while they are still unvaccinated. My mom still gets upset because "they love you so much!!", but I literally just can't wrap my head around it and I'm being made out to be the bad guy in my family.
I've been pretty good about letting a lot of other things go but I'm afraid this is the hill I'm going to die on. I can't understand their decision and they my family can't understand mine because they haven't worked in healthcare or cared for unvaccinated patients. Has anyone else had to deal with anything like this before? How did you handle it? Please tell me I'm not just losing my mind.
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