Dyson has been struggling with learning to read. Since Kel is currently "between jobs", she’s been working with Dyson every day after school. (I blame his school more than I blame him - I was unhappy with how little they worked with him on reading last year…)
Last week, Kel was talking to Dyson’s teacher and she said that maybe Dyson was "mildly" dyslexic and/or ADD. His teacher told Kel that, even though the kids go to a private school, we can get Dyson tested at the county school system (since we pay county taxes after all). Before doing that, we had to have a current physical checkup. As such, Dyson went to the doctor today.
He was very concerned about getting a shot. Obsessed with it. Constantly talking about how he did NOT want to get a shot…
While we were in the examining room, Dyson got bored quickly (I don’t know why I never think to bring some of his toys…) He decided that he wasn’t going to get a shot and he hide under the examining table. (Just being silly…)
Once I pulled out my camera, the clowning was notched up a level…
Here is the terror:
Here is the resignation to his fate:
Luckily they had the nose-spray version of the flu vaccine. He was happy in the end.
Now to get the testing…
Personally, I think he’s fine.
Apparently, on Oprah the other day, they said that women have a larger portion of the part of the brain that is devoted to worrying then men have. Kel’s seems to be especially well developed…
As I recall, When you were Dyson’s age, you used to hide from shots too. For all I know, you still do.
Comment by Heidi — 12 October 08 @ 4:06 pm
Not so much any more. Heck, I’ve even given blood a couple of dozen times…
Gripped the stress ball so tightly that the nurse/volunteer was scared that I’d have a serious reaction, but managed to survive…
Comment by Doug — 12 October 08 @ 10:05 pm