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Wendy Hasson MD
@WendyHassonMD
Board certified in pediatrics, pediatric critical care, and dark humor. #PedsICU #tweetiatrician. Vaccine advocate. #FAAP. AAP spokeswoman. Mama of two.
Sep 8, 2023 • 17 tweets • 3 min read
1/ 🧵 about nirsevimab/Beyfortus and what it means to parents, #Pediatrics and #PedsICU. More importantly, how reimbursement issues & insurance companies will be the reason babies don’t have access to this critical protection from #RSV the very first season it is available 2/ Nirsevimab was recently approved by the FDA and CDC to be given to all babies up to 8 months of age & at risk toddlers <19 months during the RSV season. This is not a vaccine. It’s a monoclonal antibody that provides “passive immunity”. Since babies are not good at building
Jul 24, 2023 • 10 tweets • 3 min read
1/Please share this thread on behalf of my physician colleague, Eunice Stallman, who is facing the nightmare of her 9mo daughter, Zoey, being diagnosed with brain cancer several weeks ago. @BlueCrossIdaho has added to their anguish by obstructing access to vital treatment.
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Image 2/Zoey requires surgery but her tumor is too large to safely be removed. Biopsy shows she needs a targeted drug, Lorlatinib, to shrink her tumor first. Tumor boards at two separate nationally recognized children’s hospitals agreed. Now watch how many times it was denied by BC: Image
Jan 6, 2023 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
A message from a hospital pastor:

May I humbly request not to call #DamarHamlin’s recovery a "miracle”?
It wasn't a miracle. He had a sudden cardiac arrest with a shockable rhythm, received enough oxygen to his brain to preserve it through CPR, and was shocked back into rhythm. With recovery time and ventilator support, he is where he is today.

A miracle would be if he had gone 20 minutes without intervention, long enough for his brain to die, and then spontaneously revive fully intact. Why is this language so important?