Tuesday, February 02, 2010
Get Out of Here Quickly
3-FEB-2010:
Shortly before we left London, Dominic was called for his booster DTP, Polio and MMR vaccinations. Since Saimun was "on the bench" back then, he took Dom to the surgery. I made an appointment for him at 11:30am. Saimun was supposed to collect Dom from the nursery, take him for the injections (that's 2 injections at one go) and then return him to the nursery for lunch. It was the first time Saimun ever took Dom for an injection.
Does everyone know that when you give a child an injection, you're supposed to hold him tight and steady so that he doesn't struggle? I thought it was common sense but apparently Saimun didn't have that common sense, and so Dom ended up bleeding on BOTH arms. The poor thing ... his carer at the nursery told me that he couldn't even lift up his arm to feed himself. So anyway, that was his first injection as a toddler (not a baby) and the one that he remembered.
When Emily was 6 weeks old, we took her for her vaccination and at the same time we gave Dominic his Hepatitis B vaccination as well since he wasn't given it in the UK (it is not part of the routine). We told him the night before what we were going to do and he repeated "I don't want" quite a few times. Fortunately, he didn't cry or refuse to go. The doctor was extremely quick and Dom only managed a gasp before it was all over. No tears this time.
The night before yesterday, I told him that he needed to see the doctor because of his high temperature. His face became worried and he asked, "Is there injection or not?" "No", I said, "There will be no injection". He didn't look convinced so I added, "The doctor is just going to check your ears, check your throat and listen to your body using a stethoscope. That's all." He looked relieved then and said "Oh".
In the doctor's office, he let the doctor check him up and then as I was saying thank you to the doctor, Dom said "Let's get out of here quickly!". Everyone in the room burst out laughing.
