A weekly post from a busy mom concerned about raising healthy children.
I'm pretty sure no one enjoys getting shots. Certainly children don't look forward to shots and I'm aware of a few adults who have a serious needle phobia. So my decision to load up the family and drive to a pharmacy clinic for flu shots was not made lightly. Historically, I've gotten my flu shot at GSK; the kids get their shots at the doctor. My husband has been left out--though, not surprisingly, I've not heard one complaint from him. But with the CDC's estimate that about 36,000 people die of seasonal flu-related causes each year--no one in my family would be left out this year!
Last week, I started looking for a reasonably close CVS Minute Clinic and found one in New Jersey that we drove to this past Saturday. After signing in the whole family, we made our way to the Halloween aisle to pass the time. My daughter knew why we were there--and kept asking the same question:
"We're all getting flu shots? Even Daddy?" Interesting observation!
After about forty minutes, we were called into a small room, squished ourselves onto the bench, and began the paperwork with the technician. I quickly realized this was going to take much longer than a minute. After all paperwork was completed and our moment of panic passed--they couldn't find the dosage for toddlers--my husband took my son out of the room while my daughter and I got our shot. She was such a trooper...not one tear! My husband was pleasantly surprised that he didn't even feel the shot (we've made progress)! My son, well he is 19 months, and although he did shed a few tears he recovered quickly.
So, although our visit lasted close to 90 minutes, it was a success. I've told some family and friends about our adventure and they wanted to know more. I emphasized how important it was to get their flu shots and think I will be hearing about their visits to the minute clinic--husbands and all!
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