Yesterday, C had to go get his one year immunisations. These ones were his booster of PCV vaccines, booster of Hib/Men C vaccine and his MMR jab.
C has been unwell recently (runny nose/cough/slight temp) so I wasn't sure if he'd actually be able to get them but I brought him anyway as we'd only received the letter to take him the day before!
The health visitor advised that the GO give him a once over just to make sure he could go ahead and get them. GP checked his chest, ears and throat and all seemed to be clear. He may just have a cough for a few more days. So...off we went.
I was dreading these ones. He was quite small when he got his last 2 sets of injections and both times he cried for a second and then was fine. Now though, I thought to myself, "He's a lot bigger now. He'll know what's going on". And I was sort of right!
Firstly he got 2 jabs in his right leg. Chris held his hands against his chest while I tried to distract him. He was all smiles and then suddenly - floods of tears. Then the health visitor did the final jab in his left leg. Tears were streaming down his face and my heart was breaking. He couldn't catch a breath and even continued to cry in the waiting room afterwards. It was definitely the worst.
I really do hate imms - its that horrible feeling that you've let someone hurt your little baby isn't it! However - the guilt would be far more if we allowed them to get poorly as a result of missing those jabs! x
ReplyDeleteImmunisations are the worst! If I can help it their Dad can take them, if not..my heart breaks. When it came round to Jacob getting his school boosters at 4yrs I was a mess! As he knew fine rightly what was happening! x
ReplyDeleteimmunisations are very stressful. Thnak goodness for the pink sticky stuff!
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