So today is the 17th, and that marks 6 months.  It has gone by so fast.  We brought her into the docs on Thurs for her shots- 3 of them.  Same drill, but did she ever let us know it hurt.   

Like before, we have her Tylenol before, and brought her with us to finish our errands.  With the other shots before, she didn’t seem to have any lasting issues with them.  We noticed she looked a bit tired more tired than usual, but still gave us big smiles every morning, and was eating fine. 

Same thing this morning- about 36 hours after the shots.  I got up, changed and fed her at about 8am.  She woke up again around 10am, and was fussing a bit… E felt that she was on the warm side.  When I touched her forehead, I knew it was way too hot.  We quickly got out the thermometer and it came back 102.7!!

As soon as she was fully awake, we could tell she was feeling crappy- you could just hear it in her voice.  Right away we gave her the Tylenol and gave her a cold compress.  Within an hour, it was back down to under 100. 

Not too many things are scarier than when your kid runs an unexpected high fever, and is crying because of it.  This really was our first experience with her being sick, so e and I were both concerned and stressed.  We called the BC Nurse line to get some information, and it turns out that a “mild” fever is common with the immunizations.  However if the fever is above 103, go see a Doc.  If the fever doesn’t come down with Tylenol, and hangs around the 102-103 mark for more than 4 hours, go see a Doc.  If your kid has convulsions, or has trouble breathing…. well, no kidding.

Having the fever at 102.7 was of obvious concern to us. 

Later on, her temp dropped to 99, so we figured she was ok.  Around 10pm, we went up to get her, and it was the same thing- hot forehead, red cheeks, and a constant cry.  We checked the temp, and it was back up to 102.7- in goes the Tylenol and out comes the cold compress.  I have her in my lap while she is crying and I can just feel the heat coming off her forehead.  Again, it’s a bit of a fire drill as we anxiously wait for the temp to come down.  Thankfully, within the hour it drops to 100.9. 

We made another call to the nurseline, and they advised us to keep her hydrated and keep the Tylenol going every 4 hours.

This is her 10th immunization shot in 6 months.  It seems like a lot of shots, and even though we understand it’s for her own good, it’s still not easy, especially when she’s in obvious discomfort.  But we learned that a fever can happen 48 hours from the shots.  We’ll just have to watch her closely… unfortunately E is also coming down with a cold at the same time.  🙁