Kindergarten Shots

Phoenix just has the worst of luck. We are currently getting him registered for Kindergarten, and he had to get a few shots. 4 to be exact. It was NOT, I repeat, NOT a fun experience for him.

First off the check up was totally fine. The Doctor was a sweetheart, like usual, and he loved her. Then the nurse came in with 4 HUGE needles. She had him lay down with his legs dangling over the table, which she then leaned against. I got the joy of holding his arms. He was good and fine and we were cracking jokes to distract him, but then she stuck in the first needle. And all HECK broke loose. He was screaming his brains out and fighting to get away.

Man I hate when they have to get shots, but we all know they need them. I was the best mom in the world afterwards and took him out for a Blizzard.

But 2 days later his leg looked like this.
We called the emergency Dr number and she told me it's a type of reaction some kids get to the Tetanus shot. It was hot and inflamed and nasty. We gave him Benedryl and I-B Profen for the next few days. And thank goodness, it came and went really fast. Showed up the 1 day and was gone 2-3 days later. Gone! Thank you!

He's my 3rd child of 4 and the first one to have this type of a reaction. He acted totally fine the whole time, unless we touched it of course, it was a bit sensitive. And he's completely fine now. I am so glad we're done with shots. (That is if you don't count the booster we have to do in 6 months, Dang it!)