Telia and TB

Well HELLO! I've finally found my way back to Blogland!! Hurrah!! It's been SO long I've all but forgotten how to post! Our darling baby Telia is 3 & 1/2 months old now and - as we speak - talking incessently to the monkey and elephant hanging from the Jungle Gym. Not too sure if she's telling them off or inviting them to a tea party but whatever it is its VERY important and needs to be said with much flailing of arm and leg  ... and considerable volume.   

I really just wanted to post today to pass on a rather important observation that was not pointed out to me that will hopefully save future IP's some unneccessary concerns. And apologies to those who knew this already . . . But you see 'our' babies were given a BCG (Tuberculosis - TB) injection at birth (or day 1) in India. These vaccinations are not a part of our routine Australian immunisation schedules any more and so GP's etc may not be on the 'look out' for resulting site reactions etc.

However after a few days (or in my case - weeks - once we got home to Oz) - the area (that I now know as the injection site) started to react and look quite angry, red, swollen and borderline scary. It looked like this for months and my GP and various nurses thought it might be a bite of some description - but I didn't think so becasue it was there for so long!!

Now it has calmed right back down and just looks like a small - calm - insignificant - slightly raised lump on the uppermost part of her left arm. My friend (and local immunisation nurse) suggested to me that it could have been a TB (BCG) reaction if she'd had one of those? - which of course she had - and BINGO - it all (finally) made perfect sense!! Hurrah again!!!
 

After BCG vaccination, a small lump will form

at the site of the vaccination as early as two (2) days

and an ulcer may appear which may last up to two

to three months.

• The vaccination site should be kept clean and

dry.

• Clean, warm water only should be used to clean

the site when necessary.

• Antiseptics, creams or lotions should not be used

and the site should not be covered with sticking

plaster or similar dressings.

• If a dressing is considered necessary, this should

be a dry dressing, with a strip of sticking plaster

along two sides, allowing air to circulate.

 

 

So now that I've got that Community Announcement out there it's time for some photos!

 

As we speak! She loves her Jungle Gym and all her Jungle Mates.

Bubble/Saliva production has gone into overdrive in the last 1 - 2 weeks ........ teeth coming????

 

One of the lovely photos we had taken at 8 weeks XX

 

Back tracking now but this is Telia's dad meeting her for the very first time at the airport!

25th August 2012

 

Sorry about the sideways aspect but here we are on a standard (Australian) pillow case at 5 weeks!

 

And here we are now at 14 weeks!

 

And finally here she is enjoying her first Melbourne Cup!! Ha Ha

 



 With much love to you all!!

Jacaranda and Co

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