Important Vaccination Information for Visitors

Below is important information from Henry Ford about vaccines that transplant patients can not come in contact with post surgery. This includes coming into contact with visitors who receive these vaccinations. If you are planning on visiting Tom and Madeline after surgery please read the below information very carefully.

After receiving a transplant, patients are at greater risk for infections.  Certain vaccines, called inactivated vaccines, are safe after transplant.  Vaccines that are inactivated and CAN be given to transplant patients include:

• Intramuscular influenza vaccine (Afluria, Fluarix, Flulaval, and Fluzone)
• Pneumococcal/pneumonia vaccine (Prevnar and Pneumovax)
• Hepatitis A vaccine (Havrix and Vaqta)
• Hepatitis B vaccine (Engerix-B and Recombivax HB)
• Tetanus, Diphtheria, and Pertussis/Tdap vaccine (Adacel and Boostrix)
• Meningococcal vaccine (MenACWY)
• Human Papillomavirus vaccine (Gardasil and Cervarix)

Other vaccinations, called live vaccines or live-attenuated vaccines, are not safe and generally should not be received.  Additionally, it is recommended for transplant patients to avoid those who receive these live vaccines for 7 to 14 days after receiving it. Vaccines that are live and should NOT be given to transplant patients include:

• Intranasal influenza vaccine (Flumist)
• Shingles/Herpes Zoster vaccine (Zostavax)
• Chickenpox/Varicella vaccine (Varivax)
• Measles, Mumps, and Rubella vaccine (MMR II and Proquad)
• Bacillus Calmette-Guerin vaccine (BCG)
• Smallpox vaccine (Dryvax)
• Anthrax vaccine (Biothrax)
• Yellow Fever vaccine (YF Vax)

If there are any questions regarding whether a vaccine is safe to receive, please call your Henry Ford Transplant coordinator, Neimi Beltran, at 313-916-1826 before getting it!

Meal Train

Cyndi Wildfong, the Meal Team Captain, has set up an account on www.mealtrain.com for the Goyette Family. This online tool will allow others to sign up to contribute meals to the Goyette Family while keeping everything organized. It is very simple and easy to use. Please see the below link for more information on how to sign up and provide a meal. If you have any questions please direct them to Cyndi Wildfong at cwildfong8@charter.net.

To access The Goyette Family Meal Train please go to this website https://mealtrain.com/weo97 and create an account.

Monday Rosary Club

Tom's brother, Tim Goyette, organizes a group of friends and family members to say the Rosary on Monday nights at St. John's Catholic Church in Davison. The group took a break during the summer but is starting back up this fall. The first rosary of the fall will be said on September 15, 2014 at 6:30PM. Before they say the Rosary each Monday they ask if there are any special intentions that you would like the group to pray for. Each week the group will be praying for Tom and Madeline as one of their special intentions. All are welcome whether you can attend just one Monday night Rosary or can come back every Monday. Plan on a Rosary to be said every Monday at 6:30PM at St. John's Catholc Church but please email Tim Goyette at tgoyette@goyettemechanical.com to be added to the Monday Rosary Club email list so you can be notified in the case that a Rosary is cancelled, rescheduled, etc.

St John's Catholic Church Address - 404 Dayton Street, Davison, MI 48423
Enter through the doors off of Dayton Street and meet in the chapel for the Rosary

For more information about why people pray the Rosary and how to pray the Rosary please see this link http://www.theholyrosary.org/

Powers Catholic Homecoming Mass

Flint Powers Catholic High School will be holding an "All School Mass" on September 26, 2014 at 9:00 AM in the gym. Powers is a Catholic high school that celebrates it's faith throughout the school year with with "All School Masses" where they invite students, parents, alumni, and the community into the school for mass. The September 26th mass will celebrate the Powers homecoming and will be said in honor of all Powers Alumni. Tom is a graduate of Powers and a special intention will be said for him and Madeline. All are invited and encouraged to attend.

Powers Address - 1505 W. Court Street, Flint, MI 48503