Oh, the dreaded 2 month pediatrician appointment. Camden received his first round of vaccinations today. I started apologizing to him in advance a few days ago, telling him it was for his own good but that I was sorry for the pain he was going to feel. Every time we had one of our little "chats", he looked up at me with those big blue eyes and grinned. Talk about increasing my already present guilt ten-fold with that innocent, trusting smile!
As much as I hated the thought of my son being stuck with a bunch of needles, I hated the thought of him getting diphtheria or pertussis even more. And so off we went to his appointment.
Camden kicked things off by peeing all over the scale as soon as the nurse removed his diaper to check his weight. Just a little payback for what was to come, he probably figured.
And then it was time.
"Just expose his right thigh for me," the nurse requested.
Oh no, I thought. Not his cute little dimpled thigh!
"Okay, Mom, you come and stand over by his head," she instructed me. She probably saw the crazy in my eyes and was worried about me ripping those shots right out of her hand. (And if I'm being honest, the thought did cross my mind a time or two.)
The next thing I knew, Camden was SCREAMING.BLOODY.MURDER. His face was bright red. Real, grown up tears poured from his eyes. He couldn't catch his breath. And then the tears started pouring from my eyes too. Real, grown up ones.
It was all over in less than thirty seconds. I took Camden into an emtpy room to nurse him while Matt gathered our things and checked out at the front desk. We're home now, and I think he has forgiven me. He's even smiled at me a time or two.
But still, when I went to change his diaper a few minutes ago and saw those little Tasmanian Devil band-aids checkering his chubby thighs, I couldn't help but feel my heart break all over again.
Thursday, January 21, 2010
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Haha, Lexi peed on the scale too! Aww, I'm so sorry. It really is heart breaking especially when there is nothing you can really do about it to make it better. Lexi's little thighs are all swollen today but she seems in better spirits. I hope Camden recovers quickly and hopefully their memories are short! It just seems like so much for such a little one to go through at one time!
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Poor Camden. And mommy. :( The good thing is that he won't remember it. One shot experience down, many more to come in the future.
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