Shots are not fun....

Thursday, January 17, 2008

Payton has to get shots every month to help protect her against RSV (a respiratory virus/infection that if it gets bad can really damage the lungs. So if Payton were to get it that would be extremely bad). She gets 6 shots, 1 given every month. When she was an infant she only needed 1 shot but now that she weighs more she needs a bigger dose so she actually 2 shots, one in each leg. This year we had to go to a hospital to get it, where last year they came to the house. It was really convenient that they would come to us but it's better for Payton because there are 2 nurses there to give them both at the same time.These pictures were taken right after. Payton gets whatever she wants in the 15 minutes after the shot is given because we have to hang out so that they can check the injection site. This day she wanted my camera but by the time I got it out she wanted to leave. So since it was out I snapped off these 2 pictures.
Below was a little later that day. As you can see she's totally recovered... except for when she sees her band aids & whines a little & points to them. The band aids are off now & she still remembers.
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1 comments:

dana said...

Those two shots of her in the lobby are so precious. You just want to pick her up and give her a hug.