Friday, April 11, 2008

OH my!

Post 1 of the day...
(hopefully there will be more)

Well, after 3 days of shots, if anyone has to do that... call me - I can tell you all the tricks I pulled out of my bag to try to make the time go by faster and less stressful.

I can say that day 3 was the worst of them all.
Poor baby - she was so great and every day has been in the best mood - just giggling and smiling at all the nurses and Dr's. She was like a little princess and just waved and laughed and would play peek-a-boo with everyone. The nurses at our office know her by now (not a good sign, really) and they all come visit her and Megan LOVES it - she definitely loves attention! So today she was GREAT... UNTIL...... the nurses came in with the shots on the tray.

Megan saw them and suddenly it was like her memory kicked in as to why she was there. Her lip poked out and she started crying just at the sight of them. I laid her down and by the time her head hit the cushion she was screaming... and she didn't stop until half an hour later when we pulled into the driveway. The shots were horrible but I have to say the waiting 20 minutes in that little room to make sure she doesn't have a reaction - oh my!!!! That's like the cherry on top of the torture sundae.

But we are home now and Megan is taking a nap - hopefully a nice long one. We will hopefully get into the ENT quickly and they'll do our ear follow-up - if not, it's back to our Dr's office for that. I hope she doesn't think we are going back for my shots...
I'm hoping to get some other stuff posted today while she naps - we'll see.....

5 comments:

Uncle Dan said...

Megan, I am sooooooo sorry about all of the shots you've had this week. As an expert on being jabbed with needles, I can empathize and sympathize. I will keep saying lots of prayers for you!

Sandy P said...

Poor girl! Macie was at the doctor today. It looks like we are going to have an allergy girl. She looked like she had been punched in the eye yesterday morning.
BTW, Macie's hair doesn't look long when you see her because she still has very little in the front.

hmferrero said...

oh that just broke my heart. i'm so glad it's done. which ENT are you going to see?

Valerie said...

Sandy - I feel your pain. They think that allergies are what is causing this infection to stick around - Megan's on a steriod inhaler through the summer - they set and end date of June (UGH)

Holly - Dr. White - isnt that who you went to? He's supposed to be the best pediatric ENT in the southeast - yeah!

Suzanna said...

poor megan. glad it is over.