DD had her pre-school (if a little late) booster on Monday and has just had the nastiest reaction to it. It had all the usual reactions you'd expect - ie redness, hardness and tenderness at the site of the injection, but this morning, it had gone a v strange browny green colour about the size of a 10p piece. Told her teacher it was sensitive and to call me if any problems. I was a bit concerned, but not overly so. Well, when I picked her up after school, it had grown to around 6cms in diametre (the brown bit that is), was slightly weepy and was covered in tiny pimply blisters. Rang NHS direct who said call GP. GP wanted to see it straight away and by the time we got there it was 10x8cms! She has prescribed piriton and also anti-biotics (for if it gets worse overnight after trying with the piriton. She said she'd never seen a allergic reaction like it and was worried about infection, but to treat it as an allergy first.
Am keeping an eye on it and have drawn a big purple circle aroud it to see if it changes again in size. She's never had a reaction before, and this was so alarming both for her and me. It's very angry looking and sore and she's been very brave, poor wee mite, and I wondered if anyone else had an unusual reaction - I mean other than what you'd expect after a tetanus jab!