DTap question and saying hi

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Hi Everyone!

I don't know if you remember me from last year but I had many problems with my pregnancy and found out I was group strep + and had to have allergy testing. Well, here we are and my baby girl is 10 months on the 5th. This first year has been hell on earth. I have had an extrmemly hard time with her from colic to blood clots to severe croup. It seems as if I haven't had much time to enjoy her but more time to spend thinking about medical issues.

I also wanted to say hi and say thanks for giving me all of the support during my last months pf pregnancy. Unfortunately, I will not be able to have anymore children but maybe I can adopt but after having such a challenging daughter, I don't know if I could do it again. WINK WINK.

Anyways, I am in a bit of a panic right now. To make a long story short, my daughter was given her 4th dtap today by accident and today has been nothing but phone calls to the doctor, etc. My famiyl doctor feels badly and I am acutally going in to speak with her on Thursday. She got her dtap 4.5 months early and it has only been almost 3 months since her last dtap. In your experience shoudl I be concerned or do anything? I know nothing can be done but I feel so helpless. I called the CDC and they said the CDC won't count this one and I should give her another one btw. 15-18 months and then one after 4 years old but I am only giving 1 more and that is after 4 years old. I didn't want vaccines in the 1st place but husband did so we compromised and put her on a modified schedule.

Thanks for listening!

Specializes in LPN, Peds, Public Health.

An extra dose of Dtap is not going to do damage. Unless of course your child was allergic or something, which I'm supposing she isn't. There are so many kids out there that have extra shots because parents don't bring in a complete record, or fail to mention that the child got shots somewhere else... many scenarios. I give immunizations on a daily basis and see extra doses all the time. If you don't feel comfortable with her having another then get the one when she turns 4 and her series will be complete. (Per CDC guidelines) And I know it wasn't the case for you, but I just have to add, parents PLEASE PLEASE keep an updated shot record on hand... especially if you take your child to more than one place. I'm sure all immunization nurses would appreciate that!

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