Just some background:
DD's father and I are separated. I am against vaxing, he believes that for anything to be established in the mainstream it must be correct... if there was anything wrong with it, it would have been rejected, right?
Anyway, we decided on this compromise 3 years ago: she would not be vaxed, at all, until her 1st b'day, and then they would be given individually and spread out over the next 5 years. No well-baby visits, and no vaxing for obsolete illnesses.
That said.
My dd's practice recently switched to the new DPT+HepB+Polio. Since, in our part of the world, I see no point in HepB at her age, and no point in Polio whatsoever, this was the first time she received either of these. I was so F 'ing angry that they tossed 2 more dreadful diseases into this poison cocktail... I wanted to cry. AND my ex was giving me trouble for not allowing them to add a new ELECTIVE meningitis shot to the mix. Grrrr...
ANYWAY, enough ranting, here's the problem:
my DD STILL has a lump at the injection site, and it has been a month!!!
I called her office and was told that the lump is normal, as long as it isn't red. I told the woman it is red, and she told me a nurse would call me back. The nurse called and told me this was normal, as long as it wasn't tender/ sensitive to the touch. I told her it WAS tender and she told me a doctor would call me back. The Dr. called me back... I was sure he was gonna tell me everything short of elephants flying out of her nose was normal. And if I had said, "Well, Dr, there are elephants flying out of her nose!" the surgeon general would have called me back 10 minutes later to tell me this, too was normal, as long as they weren't Asian elephants... anyway, that was 2 weeks ago. the lump is diminishing but is STILL tender and now looks greyish-blue under the skin.
Now, I am told that the lump is associated with DPT, but DD has had DPT before. In fact, this was her last dose, and before this, no reactions aside from lethargy and grumpiness.
I am starting to worry... anyone know anything about this?
DD's father and I are separated. I am against vaxing, he believes that for anything to be established in the mainstream it must be correct... if there was anything wrong with it, it would have been rejected, right?
Anyway, we decided on this compromise 3 years ago: she would not be vaxed, at all, until her 1st b'day, and then they would be given individually and spread out over the next 5 years. No well-baby visits, and no vaxing for obsolete illnesses.
That said.
My dd's practice recently switched to the new DPT+HepB+Polio. Since, in our part of the world, I see no point in HepB at her age, and no point in Polio whatsoever, this was the first time she received either of these. I was so F 'ing angry that they tossed 2 more dreadful diseases into this poison cocktail... I wanted to cry. AND my ex was giving me trouble for not allowing them to add a new ELECTIVE meningitis shot to the mix. Grrrr...
ANYWAY, enough ranting, here's the problem:
my DD STILL has a lump at the injection site, and it has been a month!!!
I called her office and was told that the lump is normal, as long as it isn't red. I told the woman it is red, and she told me a nurse would call me back. The nurse called and told me this was normal, as long as it wasn't tender/ sensitive to the touch. I told her it WAS tender and she told me a doctor would call me back. The Dr. called me back... I was sure he was gonna tell me everything short of elephants flying out of her nose was normal. And if I had said, "Well, Dr, there are elephants flying out of her nose!" the surgeon general would have called me back 10 minutes later to tell me this, too was normal, as long as they weren't Asian elephants... anyway, that was 2 weeks ago. the lump is diminishing but is STILL tender and now looks greyish-blue under the skin.
Now, I am told that the lump is associated with DPT, but DD has had DPT before. In fact, this was her last dose, and before this, no reactions aside from lethargy and grumpiness.
I am starting to worry... anyone know anything about this?
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They even warned against ever getting it again outside a hospital setting because the reactions were increasing (as often happens.) SO, if you have to do this vac again, document carefully.
