Friday, November 28, 2008

Why do the months go by so much faster once they are born?



Maizee turned 2 months old on the 21st. She had her well baby update on Monday. She now weighs 9 lbs 6 oz and is 21 1/4 inches long. This puts her in the less than 10th percentile for her age, so yes she is tiny. She had her 2 month shots and we were told that with the first set of shots there should be no reaction and she should act just as she did before the shots. Well, consistent with the way Maizee does everything, she was the exception to the rule. She had a terrible reaction. We woke up at midnight with her burning up with a fever. They had told us if she fevered to 100 degrees she needed to be seen. I took her temp. and she was 102.3, I ended up calling our doctor at home at 1:00 in the morning (I don't trust Logan Regional Hospital with my kids). We walked me through what to do to bring her fever down and we made it through the night. The next morning she started screaming in pain whenever anyone touched her or moved her at all. We doubled the tylenol and ibuprophen doses and tried to make her as comfortable as possible. The doctor wanted to see her the next morning, so we suffered through another night and took her in at 8:00 the next morning. There were no signs of anything wrong with her other than a reaction to the vaccines. The doctor turned her case into the manufacture and the CDC. Because of the unusual nature of her reaction the CDC will monitor her into adulthood to see what immunities she has and how she reacts to other vaccinations and medications. We haven't decided if we will continue with the vaccination routine or opt out. We have learned that Maizee will probably always be the exception to each rule. If they tell us 1 in a million chance that will probably be Maizee. As you can see, today she is not fevering anymore but still is not her happy self. Hopefully she will be back to normal soon.

1 comment:

Ashley Mae McKnight said...

Oh I hope she feels better soon! She is such a BEAUTIFUL baby and has changed SOOO much since I saw her last! Wow!