Jackson went in to see Dr. Wagner today for his Two Month Appointment. This is a very important one because this is where he gets his first big set of immunizations. He received the Hepatitis B #2, Diphtheria, Tetanus, acellular Pertussis (DTaP) #1, and the H. influenza type b (Hib) #1. It is five total immunizations, but only 3 shots administered.
When we went into the doctor's office he was so happy, smiling and gurgling away. It made me feel even worse seeing how happy he was and knowing what awful things were in store for him. The check up went great. Dr. Wagner is very happy with Jackson's growth, and even she couldn't get over how much older he looks now. He is getting to be such a big boy! He weighed in today at 10lbs 1oz, and 22 inches long. After the check up, Dr. Wagner left and two nurses came in to administer the shots (the Dr. doesn't want the children to be afraid of her). This part was the worst. Each nurse gave him a shot in each thigh and I had to stand over him in the middle to help him feel secure. As soon as they gave the shots he screamed so hard, turned purple and then held his breath in pain. The nurses kept saying to him "OK, time to breath little guy, time to breath". After they were done he was crying so hard. It broke my heart to see him in such shock and pain. I held him real close and nursed him right away and he calmed down pretty quickly.
Now the icky part about this day is not only did he get his shots, but by getting them they lowered his immune system a bit- enough to get the head cold I was fighting. So he now had a double whammy to get over! Now he is so congested and has a little cough. I feel so bad for him. He is just miserable. I have to use the aspirator on him (which he hates) to relieve the congestion. But with that and the vaporizer it seems to be helping a bit.
Our poor little man! He is just one unhappy little boy today.
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