Vaccines

I wanted to finish off the H1N1 post by sharing our experience. We decided (after MUCH research and debate) to give Katie the H1N1 vaccine. In the end it was a matter of choosing the lesser of two evils, so to speak. We decided that a high fever for many days from the flu would be a lot worse than 1-2 days of a low grade fever from the vaccine.

Turns out that the vaccine gave Katie FIVE days of moderate fevers. FIVE days. Sigh. We were told to expect a couple of days of 1-2 degrees temps. Of course nothing is as straight forward as "they" say it is.

The worst part of the whole thing was that her eating, which was already in a slump before the shot, completely tanked during the fever-days. I think she ate about 1 meal a day for five days.

It's now 3 weeks later and she's back to her normal meals. Maybe 800 - 850 calories a day. Oh well, we'll take it!