So I'm freaking out a little. Have your kids ever gotten a HUGE bug bite that didn't feel or look like a bug bite? DD has a lump the size of my thumb joint on the occiput of her head, with a symmetrical, but smaller, one on the other side. They're not red and they are hard. And she has a fever. Also whiny tonight, but that could be because she was tired. ?????????
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A weird bump + fever + whiny = a trip the ER for me. At the very least, I would call your after hour Ped number stat.
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@MsLipGloss: I feel so dumb when I have questions like this. I'm an ER nurse for crying out loud. But she just had her mmr-v vaccine 9 days ago and I wonder if this is a reaction to that???? Oh, and we don't have an after hours peds number. We have health link which nurses end up telling you to go to the hospital for everything to limit their liability. And I'm always a little nervous about looking like a crazy ftm because our children's emerg is the one I work at.
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@NurseMommy: yeah that would definitely be a phone call for me (our ped's office rolls to vanderbilt Children's hospital). If you don't have access to the on call doctor go get her checked out. Better to look like a paranoid ftm/nurse than miss something that needs attention.
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@NurseMommy: my LO's reaction to MMR was a head to toe rash and a really low-grade temp. but I'm no doctor/nurse! but then again, I was the *crazy* first time mom who sought out a specialist for her LO . . . who ended up needing surgery to correct a problem. ETA: problem was wholly unrelated to the MMR. the problem was anatomical.
there isn't anyone I know who would fault a parent for acting out of an abundance of caution.
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Hmmm... there are lymph nodes back there, maybe they are swelling in response to what is causing the fever? The fever plus the swelling would make me take LO in. I'd want to know if there was some kind of infection causing the fever. I don't think you sound paranoid at all!
ETA: Keep us updated, I hope it's nothing, just a weird reaction to the shot.
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@Pepper: that was my first thought, too. The fact that they are symmetrical worries me. My first initial reaction was OMG MY BABY HAS CANCER. Which I'm sure is an overreaction. Right?
Do you guys think I should wake her up to take her in or wait until morning?
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@NurseMommy: I don't think she has cancer!! But I would wake her and take her.
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@NurseMommy: You said the other one was smaller though, right? And it just popped up out of nowhere? I'm sure it's nothing like that!! My glands can get pretty firm when I have a cut or infection.
Could she maybe have an ear infection or strep or something like that? Those can cause swollen glands and a fever. How high is her fever? If it's high and you're worried and not going to get any sleep, I'd just take her in now.
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@Pepper: she was extra extra cranky when I cleaned her ears during bathtime so yeah maybe it's an ear infection. I only took an axillary temp which isn't super accurate but it was 38.0 (100.4), so not crazy high.
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@NurseMommy: I think definitely lymph nodes. Mine was born with her right one in that location the was like a marble and now varies between pea and marble size....blood test shows nada. Gets bigger when she is sick, Good luck mama!
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@NurseMommy: Could be! Stinks that you don't have a reliable on-call peds line. If it were C, I'd take him in, just to be sure. At least if it's an ear infection and they decide to prescribe something, she'll get relief faster! Especially since she's whiny.
Keep us posted either way!
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Thanks guys. I'll take her in tomorrow.
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@NurseMommy: Hope everything is ok!
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DD is fine. Took her in. They're lymph nodes just swollen from all the daycare sick.
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Glad it's okay!
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@NurseMommy: Glad everything is ok!
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@NurseMommy: so glad it was nothing serious!
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@NurseMommy:
there isn't anyone I know who would fault a parent for acting out of an abundance of caution.
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