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Vaccinated.
Finally, finally, the boys got their H1N1 vaccines. I'm glad I can now cross that off the list of to-do's.
I wrote last week that we were headed to the clinic right after school, and we did go... but they had closed just five minutes prior. The next day, I took the boys even faster after school (we only have a 20-minute window from when they get home to when the Immunizations clinic closes), but it was fruitless, too. They had closed that day at 11:00am instead. I was ticked, having just been there at 4:05pm the day before, and there was NO notice posted of an early closing the next day.
So we had no choice but to wait over the weekend. Today, we didn't even let the boys get out of their snow gear - they went straight from the bus to the car, and then we were on our way. Philip had a dental appointment earlier in the afternoon, and he'd picked up the H1N1 forms at the desk so that I could fill them out on the way. I did that while he drove (about 2 minutes, total), and we arrived at the check-in desk with 15 minutes to spare.
Philip went first, and he was done before the boys had even shrugged out of their coats to watch. We'd decided A.J. would go next, knowing that if he freaked, they could go ahead and do Jack's in the interim. A.J. was shaking, and he asked the technician to show him the needle so he "could see how big" it was first, but we nixed that idea, shuffling him into position even as we said no. I stood in front of him, and I had him squeeze my hand, and he turned his head away from the tech, looking squarely at Philip and squeezing his hand with his other one. The tech told him to count to 3, and he was done before A.J. got to '2.' All told, it was probably 20 seconds, and then he was done. It sure beat 20 minutes of hysterics, and we were SO proud of him! Jack went last, and he was fine.
On the way out, A.J. was still professing how easy it had really been, but that he was still feeling nervy/shaky. I have a cousin with a pronounced fear of needles, and I really hope that A.J. only continues to get better and better with each one in the future. Poor kiddo, but at least it's over!
I wrote last week that we were headed to the clinic right after school, and we did go... but they had closed just five minutes prior. The next day, I took the boys even faster after school (we only have a 20-minute window from when they get home to when the Immunizations clinic closes), but it was fruitless, too. They had closed that day at 11:00am instead. I was ticked, having just been there at 4:05pm the day before, and there was NO notice posted of an early closing the next day.
So we had no choice but to wait over the weekend. Today, we didn't even let the boys get out of their snow gear - they went straight from the bus to the car, and then we were on our way. Philip had a dental appointment earlier in the afternoon, and he'd picked up the H1N1 forms at the desk so that I could fill them out on the way. I did that while he drove (about 2 minutes, total), and we arrived at the check-in desk with 15 minutes to spare.
Philip went first, and he was done before the boys had even shrugged out of their coats to watch. We'd decided A.J. would go next, knowing that if he freaked, they could go ahead and do Jack's in the interim. A.J. was shaking, and he asked the technician to show him the needle so he "could see how big" it was first, but we nixed that idea, shuffling him into position even as we said no. I stood in front of him, and I had him squeeze my hand, and he turned his head away from the tech, looking squarely at Philip and squeezing his hand with his other one. The tech told him to count to 3, and he was done before A.J. got to '2.' All told, it was probably 20 seconds, and then he was done. It sure beat 20 minutes of hysterics, and we were SO proud of him! Jack went last, and he was fine.
On the way out, A.J. was still professing how easy it had really been, but that he was still feeling nervy/shaky. I have a cousin with a pronounced fear of needles, and I really hope that A.J. only continues to get better and better with each one in the future. Poor kiddo, but at least it's over!
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By the way, you didn't last nearly as long tonight as Saturday night, I'm a tad bit dissapointed, LOL! ;-)
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(Anonymous) 2010-02-03 02:40 am (UTC)(link)I GAVE PAPA HIS B12 SHOT TODAY AND ALSO GAVE MYSELF ONE. THOSE TEENY NEEDLES ARE A PIECE OF CAKE. CAN HARDLY FEEL THEM. HOPEFULLY, HIS INJECTIONS WILL BE FEW OVER HIS LIFE TIME. BUT I'VE HAD QUITE A FEW PATIENTS THAT HAVE A TERRIFIC FEAR OF NEEDLES. SOME OVERCOME IT -- SOME DON'T. HOPE HE DOES.
GIVE ALL A HUG PLEASE FROM US.
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