Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Immunisation

Baby N had her measles vaccine on jan 30th. The doc said 'oh this is a subcutaneous injection.she will have no pain. Very rarely kids get fever that too a mild one after 7 days.' Baby N did not cry
much after the vaccine was given. We went home thinking nothing would happen. After 4 hrs she had mild fever. I gave her a dose of tylenol and she was ok. She was indeed fine till 5th of feb when diahorrhea started. I gave her the usual medicine and it only got worse the next day. I took the 7.30 pm appointment with the paed and by midday she developed mild rash in the legs near the ankle region. We went to the doc in the evening and he asked me continue the medicines that i had given and said that she would settle down in 2 days. He also prescribed a cream for the rash and asked us to remove the silver anklet she was wearing. Her stomach got a little better in a couple of days but the rash got worse. For the first time we all felt it could be measles. By then she also developed severe cold. On sunday i gave her a bath with neem leaves but it did not help. Again we rushed the doc on monday. This time he said it could be becos of the vaccine. He gave her a cream with calamine and aloe and said she would be fine and that it occurs in few kids. Need not worry. Cold could also be a side effect of the vaccine. Two days has passed and she is still not well. God knows wat my baby is suffering from. What r these vaccines for? Why didnt the doctor warn me earlier and why didnt he diagnose correctly when we went for a checkup on 6th? So many questions unanswered.... To top it all my hubby says that i go on and on abt this all the time... How comforting? May be i should get immune to all this. I take care of her 24*7 and this is what i get in return. How can i not worry abt my baby? She is suffering right in front of my eyes and i cannot even talk about it. Tension and frustration prevails in nehaland.........