On Thursday Kadin had his 12 month immunizations. Yes, he's over 13 months now, but it's been a rough couple of weeks for our little boy.
Since Tonia & Kadin were leaving for Newfoundland a day after his birthday, we had wanted to get his shots a week or so before so that he wouldn't be unduly cranky on the long flight. The public health unit said they preferred to wait until after the birthday, and it would be fine to have it done upon his return to BC.
Of course, within days of getting to Newfoundland he got the measles.
When he got back he had projectile vomiting due to a bad fish incident.
Then he got a cold which has led to really, really gross snot for about a week now.
So yeah, it's been a fun couple of weeks for him! But back to our story..
As Tonia had caught Kadin's cold, she stayed home to rest while I took Kadin to the public health nurse for his shots.
Overall it actually went really well. Instead of three shots in his legs, this time it was one in the thigh and one in the arm. The arm proved tricky, as he actually jerked violently when the needle went in. I almost threw up on the spot, but it went out cleanly and didn't cause any bleeding. So the nurse just went at it again and within about 90 seconds total, his shots were done.
He had the big fat THERE IS A NEEDLE STICKING IN MY ARM AND IT REALLY HURT FOR A SECOND tears for a few minutes, but a bottle put him at ease right away.
Now as painful a process as his shots always are, it was fun seeing him play with the other kids in the waiting area. One of them was standing quietly staring at Kadin. So Kadin stretches out his arms and walks towards him with a HUGE grin on his face, then pokes him in the eye. The kid didn't react at all, so I quietly turned Kadin to face in a different direction and we both toddled off...
Then that same kid was playing with a small plastic shopping cart. Kadin put his hand on it, so the kid screamed and yanked the cart into a different direction. Kadin laughed and put his hand on it again, then the kid wailed so hard his mother took him away.
After much amusement at the expense of other children, both of us headed home to Tonia who was convinced I was going to come home with a Chinese baby or something...heh.
All is well with the world. Except of course the fact that green baby snot is really, really, really gross.
Oh, we took the password protection off the site because..well, nobody ended up visiting anymore. We've kept the family tree section password protected, and you may have noticed some other small changes on the right. Wheee!
Posted by Hasan at October 15, 2004 11:18 AM