Cat, I'm praying for your brothers. I'm so sorry to hear about their illnesses. I'm with you on the chickenpox, many of the immunizations that children recieve are necessary, but I allowed all of my children to get chicken pox to build up a natural immunity. So many many years ago my children all had their MMR's and ya know what? When I enrolled them in kindergarten they had to have them again because the country decided their first ones were given too soon. Now I have children that are allergic to tetnis shots and one that was allergic to the pertussis immunization... it's scarey just how many children die each year or are brain damaged or crippled from these shots. I am a nurse and I realize they are necessary, but at the same time I am reluctant to immunize against chicken pox. that is just my opinion.... T.