Very concerned: gave Hib to 2 yr old and now realize he was ill at time of vax

[merebella]

I took my 2 yr old ds to his well baby today and planned on getting his first dose of hib.  He did a delayed schedule of dtap and delayed of pc.  We only do one vax at a time, spread far apart.

Today, while going through the apt, I kind of noticed that he felt a bit warm.  But he's not sick very often, and had the tummy flu about a week and a half ago. It didn't really dawn on me that he might be getting sick.  I asked the doc to take his temp, and she agreed, but we both started talking about other things and forgot.  The nurse came in, gave the hib, then I remembered that i wanted his temp.  At that point, he was obviously upset and didn't want anything to do with the nurse, so I said forget it, not really thinking anything of his slight warmth.  When I got home (about an hour later) he was really flushed and clingy.  He was obviously warm then.  Thinking back to the before his apt, I remembered that he fell asleep on the way there (unusual for him to want to sleep at 9:30am) and was fussy/whiny in the waiting room.

I'm very concerned that he was developing a virus before I gave him the shot.  Thoughts?  Anything I can do to bolster his immune system? We just nursed, I gave him ibu, and he's in bed now.  Thoughts? Experiences?

TIA.

[merebella]

Forgot to add: when I did take his temp a little while ago, it was 104.1 rectally.  He's been very upset, crying about his leg hurting, and generally just a dishrag on my lap....

[ma2two]

I can't believe it's not standard procedure to take the temperature before giving a vaccine. It seems that the nurse should have checked the chart for the temperature before giving the vaccine. But I have no experience with this, because my kids have never gotten a vaccine. But still, it seems like a huge oversight on their part.

[Marnica]

Even if the temp had been taken and it was elevated, they would (if you allowed) have given it anyway. low to moderate fever is not a contraindication to vaccinating.

The 104 temp could be from the fact that he was sick to begin with or from the vaccine itself.

I would be giving him lots of SA (vit c), probiotics, zinc, Vit d and for a while until he is better Vit A drops. Hope he feels better soon.