Throughout October and November Blake and I had several conversations that went something like this:
Blake you need to get a flu shot when Kayla and I go in.
No.
Blake, you are a wrestler. You are exposed to who knows how many germs and viruses on those mats.
*shudder*
I'm not getting a flu shot. I won't get sick, but I'm afraid the shot will make me sick.
The shot won't make you sick.
I'm not getting a flu shot.
On New Year's Eve Blake got the flu.
He was hit hard.
It morphed into a severe sinus infection. The doctor looked in his throat and actually gasped. Then he made me come over and look in his throat. I thought I was staring at a giant strep blister, but it was just the infectious drainage caused by the sinus infection.
Pretty.
Then Blake had an allergic reaction to his amoxicillin. He's never reacted before but the doctor put him on a huge dose this time. So we had to switch him to a z-pack this morning.
It's been really hard not to say I TOLD YOU SO to Blake.
But he's been feeling so miserable I just haven't had the heart. I have, however, thought it several times.
If you're going to be like my mom and my brother and ask why I didn't MAKE Blake get a flu shot I'll tell you what I told them:
Because he is 17 years old and I can't very well drag him kicking and screaming into the doctor's office and hold him down on the exam table while a nurse sticks a needle in him, like I did when he was five.
You know - back when parenting was fun.
Kayla gets a flu shot because she has asthma.
I get a flu shot because I get sick if somebody spells F-L-U in front of me.
Paul gets a flu shot because they are free at his office.
Blake doesn't get a flu shot.
But I bet he will next year.
6 comments:
I must knock on wood....ok. I have never had a flu shot. I have never had the flu. See, I have this whole thing figured out. Since I have never had the flu, I don't need the shot. Doesn't that make sense? Strep throat, that's my illness. If they made a strep shot, I would definitely get it. Hope Blake feels better soon.
P.S. It's SO much more fun when you can actually say, "I told you so". Like when I told Melissa if she didn't get her tags renewed she would get a ticket. Yep, we have a court date on Thursday.
Hmmph, that happened to my husband last year, refused the flu shot, "I never get sick"....guess had a trip to the hospital? Guess who begrudgingly got a flu shot this year (mostly to my nagging?). Sorry your son is so sick.....
Last year Dwight got the Flu Shot because it was free. He immediately got sick while the rest of us didn't. Nick should get one since he has asthma, but I just can't bring myself to taking him to get one.
I just don't think it's worth the crap shoot. They can only guess which strains will come out & then the shot only covers about 4 strains anyway. So I will continue to pass (until I get hit hard by it I'm sure!)
Come on . . . good mama's never say "I told you so!" We just tilt our heads down, raise our eyebrows up, and make that "mm hmm" sound!
Your blog is great. I read it faithfully and I don't have a clue who you are! But you make me laugh, and that's enough!
Beaner,
I understand your dilemma. I was tempted to skip the shots this year but my doctor would skin me alive if I didn't get Kayla a flu shot. He reminds me all the time and double checks that it's been done. He's become the same way with me because I get sick so easily.
I didn't want to face him with my head hanging in shame.
I'd tell him.
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