Well, he certainly didn't react well to the flu vaccination. He had several desaturations overnight, and he had a high temperature. He is back on oxygen (hopefully for only the day), and when I arrived he was clad only in a nappy, in an attempt to get his temperature down. they had given him a tepid bath as well overnight.
He certainly was grizzly and upset, wouldn't feed well, wouldn't settle unless he was being held, and overall was not a happy boy.
It's quite upsetting, but we're really glad he was still in hospital when he had it, so he can be monitored. In fact, Dr Scott said 'if he's this bad after the vaccine, imagine how bad he'd be if he had the flu for real'. - and he's right. Hopefully it does what it is supposed to do and Max won't get the flu this winter.
We're under no illusions, though, he will probably pick up something. So, we'll just try our best to minimise his chances of exposure to bugs of all kinds. This means we may need to be really strict as to who visits and how they interact with him. He's certainly not going anywhere near shopping centres or child care, and we're asking family members to think carefully about flu vaccines and who they interact with if they're planning to come and visit Max. I hope people don't get upset - it really isn't just us being over-cautious, Max is very susceptible to colds & infections of all kinds, and any bug will mean back to the hospital, possibly even back on the ventilator.
Anyway, one good thing today - he passed his hearing screening test!
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