4 June 09

Today is an early release day for AX. I really thought that Friday will be the last day of school. I taught him superlatives today (-er, est). I asked him to draw me a big heart, bigger heart and biggest heart. He also did one page of the Starfall book about compound words. My plan this summer before he goes back to school this 29th of June is for him to be familiar in making short or simple sentences. I hope he will feel comfortable with "words" soon in order to help him for the rest of his life.

DTaP and Swelling - 1 June 2009

Our second son AL was given his last dosage of DTaP on the second Saturday of May 2009. The following day, Sunday, his right upper leg was swollen. We called the doctor and we were told to give him Benadryl with Allergy and Tylenol (acetaminophen). He had no fever nor he felt pain according to him. We squeezed his affected leg and asked him if it is painful. He said that it is not even though the swollen part was hot. We took him to the doctor on Monday and his right upper leg was really so big and it went up to the back of leg. I was hoping that it will not reach his private part and it somehow did not.  On Tuesday, the swelling dissipated a bit. We took him back to the doctor Wednesday and somehow the bulge is much less.  The swelling became manageable by next Saturday. However, he had a fever the following Sunday. I am thinking he got sick from getting wet in the rain. It has been raining for almost two weeks now. 

It was frightening to have this experience given the fact that his older brother has mild autism.  According to the doctor, it was a local reaction and this can occur in the fifth DTaP. I do not know if he might still get the other vaccines required before he turns 6 years of age. We have delayed his second dose of MMR. We did the same thing with our youngest daughter who is 26 months now. She does not have MMR yet in her system. 

Anybody who have thoughts to share, will appreciate.