Wednesday, April 21, 2010

vaccinations SUCK

monday i had to take peanut for his 2 month vaccinations. i made the appointment weeks ago, put it on the calendar, and then didn't think much of it. until i was there. and the nurse came out and gave me a form and then about 4 flyers about each vaccination and what each one vaccinated for. and then i had to initial next to each one. ugh! i asked if any of them had ANY thimerosal and was told no.

let me just get on a soapbox here. i'm not a conspiracy theory kind of person. for the most part i trust regulations and doctors and even the goverment...sort of. but when it comes to vaccinations, i think we are all lied to. i think the medical community isn't in on it-i think they have been duped as well. so when it comes to vaccinations, i think we're all along for a crazy ride and in 50 years when the truth comes out we'll all go "how did we not put the pieces together?"

that being said-i choked up when i initialed the ok on the form. then we had to wait and wait and WAIT for her to come back to get us for the shots. ugh. i wanted to run out. at that moment i remembered that my friend gina had taken her husband with her to get their baby's shots and thought "crap! why didn't i think of that weeks ago when i scheduled this?!" then she came out. we went back and i sucked it up. i thought i could do it no problem. i explained to sweet pea that brubbie was going to get his shots and he was going to be ok but that mommy was probably going to cry but it's ok.

then she put the first needle in his chubby little thigh. ugh!

and he did ok. he cried. just a little. i felt like i could hear "eye of the tiger" in one ear and "i'm every woman" in the other. then she did the next one and he really wasn't game for it, but he did ok.

then she did the third and as she put the needle in his little thigh she said "oh, this one stings a little." then he went stiff as a board, his face turned purple, he cried so hard he stopped making a noise and then the noise came back and he SCREAMED purple bloody murder. i started caressing his head the way i do to soothe him and it did NO good. it was like i wasn't even there! the nurse was talking to him real sweet and then she looked up at me. i was crying my eyes out. tears flowing down both cheeks. i tried to wipe them with the back of my hand but there was no hand back big enough for all those tears. and they kept coming and coming. she finally handed me tissues realizing that i was not going to be able to pull it together before i ran out of shirt sleeve. ugh!

let me tell you folks, if your friends have not prepared you: getting your kid vaccinated SUCKS! but he's doing fine now. he was achy and cranky that night but they had me give him tylenol every 4 hours and one dose at a time we made it through. i think he's forgiven me.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

They ARE horrible! We took Squeak to her 2 month appt and it was NO.FUN. She goes in for her 4 month next week and I'm already stressing about it. Poor babies.

Beth K said...

I hate vaccinations too! I don't necessarily think we're being duped, but I do think doctors ok too many vaccinations in one visit. How can that be healthy for such tiny bodies? With our youngest, I only allowed two shots per visit. I came in on the off months (like 3, 5, 7, etc) for a lab-only appt to get the shots we delayed. Helped so much! No crying and absolutely no reactions. And I felt so much better about not overloading his system at one time. Maybe you could talk to your ped about that option.

I'll try to message you this week about the church. We haven't been talking about it much just because we haven't felt like talking about it! :)

Anonymous said...

Just one thought on the idea of too many vaccines in one visit: If you think about all of the "germs" that we, including our babies, come into contact with each and every day, our immune systems are already working hard all the time. Vaccines seem more brutal - I hate getting my kids poked, too, but they are just a drop in the bucket of what your baby is fighting off every day. Even if they get 4 shots, that's 4 illnesses that they are now fighting. You take them to the grocery store, or the church nursery, and I bet ya that that they are now fighting off at least twice as many. Just a thought to think about.