This is one of those sad but sweet stories that makes me take pause and not worry so much about the Legos and the laundry.

Elena Desserich was diagnosed with brain cancer just before her sixth birthday, and was only given about four months to live. She lived a bit longer than that, and during that time she hid little loves notes to her parents and little sister Grace all over the house, where her family later found them after she died.

Click the upcoming link and scroll to the bottom of that page to see some of Elena's hidden notes.

Many CafeMoms are in no rush to line up for the controversial swine flu vaccine. Some say the Obamas weren't either. Malia and Sasha apparently waited two weeks to get their shots along with other school children in Washington D.C. Seems like a non-issue, right?

Some people are commenting on blogs and the web that the Obama girls got preferential treatment for access to the vaccine, given to them by the White House doctor last week.

It started when a man from Texas, with two compromised special needs kids living in his home, complained he hasn't been able to get the vaccine for the children, who would be given priority over healthy children. But different areas are getting the vaccine at different times. There's no shortage in Washington, D.C.

When you think about teens and drugs, pot and alcohol come quickly to mind. But if you take a peek in Answers, you'll see that teen prescription drug abuse is also a huge problem. It's scary to read some of the comments from moms who are living it.

"I knew a girl who overdosed and died on methadone two years ago. She was 17."

"I'm dealing with it now. My 16 year old and three of her friends were caught exchanging pills."

"I'm 18 now. When I was maybe 13 or 14 I knew A LOT of people that would take like five Lortabs and other crap. I wasn't into that crap but had some friends that did and knew a lot that did."

Right now I'm thankful for the temper tantrums and fights over toys.

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I hate to mention sick kids and school in the same sentence, because as hard as I try not to be, I'm superstitious. I don't want it to interfere with the wishful thinking spell I've placed on both my kids to make it through winter without any sick days.

But I have to let you in on a very interesting discussion going on in Answers about moms who send their sick children to school. There are two pretty passionate sides about when it's okay.

On one side, moms who believe children should be kept home when they have any symptoms at all.

On the other side, moms who kids with minor cold or allergy symptoms should go to school.

I love hearing stories like these. Not stories about people choking -- I'd never wish that on anyone. But stories about the heroes who save them from dying, especially when they are children with special needs.

It reminds us that they can do anything and everything that typically functioning kids do.

Here's a clip of Kyle Forbes, an autistic child who saved his teacher from choking on an apple by delivering the Heimlich maneuver he learned in Cub Scouts.

Thanks to the ladies in the Newcomer's Club for pointing this one out.

Since we're all sick of hearing about the Swine Flu vaccine, let's switch it up. How do you feel about the recent human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine news?

Last week, the FDA approved the controversial Gardasil vaccine for boys ages 9 to 26. Guardasil protects against four (6, 11, 16, and 18) of the 40 strains of the HPV virus found in the genital area that causes cervical cancer in girls and warts in boys. The virus can also lead to cancer of the penis and anus in boys.

Also this week, a new HPV vaccine for girls was approved. It's called Cervavix and it's for women ages 10-25 to protect against HPV 16 and 18, two of the same covered in the Gardasil shot. I'm waiting for someone to tell me why this isn't redundant.

It's too soon to tell whether these shots will be placed on the pediatrician's recommended list of vaccines or not, but seeing how keen doctors are on recommending it for girls, it's certainly likely.

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It's hard enough deciding whether our kids will get one shot of the swine flu vaccine, let alone two. But that's what the makers of the inoculation are saying most kids under 10 will need for it to be effective.

It's like the first time your baby got the seasonal flu shot. The pediatrician has to administer two doses of the flu vaccine about a month apart for full immunity to develop.

My son came home with a notice from the school nurse -- another case of head lice has been diagnosed. I'm supposed to look for signs in my own children and take all the necessary steps to prevent an infestation.

Okay, so confession: I didn't even know what a head louse looked like before I dug up this really good YouTube video showing one of the critters in action. For some reason I always pictured them as little white bugs, but as you can see, they are just brown ugly with no wings. They don't have hind legs for jumping, they just crawl and scurry all over the place. [Shivers.]

I'm still undecided about getting my kids vaccinated against the Swine Flu, but as I was scheduling my daughter's annual physical the other day, I decided to ask the nurse what our pediatrician's office recommended.

She said it's still too early to tell. They don't even have it yet, don't know when or if they will, or who will get it. For right now, she's only advising and scheduling for the regular flu shot.

Well, at least that gives me more time to deliberate on this very important topic. Because like you the Daily Buzz bloggers have lots of questions and concerns regarding ourselves and our own kids, we've been following this topic closely in our Swine Flu Guide.

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