Pembrokeshire mum told to prepare for 'worst' urges others to get respiratory illness vaccine - BBC
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3 days agoOwain ClarkeWales health correspondentBBCJo Goldsmith is advising pregnant women to take up the vaccineA woman whose newborn daughter became ill after catching a potentially serious respiratory illness is urging other pregnant women to make sure they are vaccinated against it. Jo Goldsmith said she was told to "prepare for the worst" after her daughter Phoebe contracted respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) a few days after being born. The vaccine was not available at the time of her pregnancy, but she said she "definitely would have had it". "I wouldn't want any family to go through what we went through," she said. Nerys Evans, Deputy Minister for Public and Preventative Health, was also urging people to make sure they were vaccinated against Covid-19, flu and RSV ahead of the winter months. RHS vaccinations were introduced in Wales in September 2024. Jo GoldsmithPhoebe was five days old when she was diagnosed with RSV positive bronchiolitis on Christmas EveGoldsmith, a children's nurse and health visitor from Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, said that when Phoebe was born four years ago, she realised within days that something was wrong.
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