Well today was Study Day 0 in our participation with the sw!ne f1u vaccine trial. Both kids had examinations, blood draws, and shots. Tyler was a trooper and very quickly got over the trauma of the needles. Miss Thing, on the other hand, was quite upset. It didn't help that I had told her a few days ago that there would be shots involved. She worried herself to tears for several days and then was tense every time someone walked into the exam room. While we were waiting to be randomized (apparently involving faxes back and forth to Wash DC study HQ) she fell asleep crying that she didn't want any shots. When they finally brought up the vaccine, she awoke to Tyler crying while getting his shot. Next thing she knew, she was being held down to receive her shot. Not a wonderful afternoon for anyone, including PoPo who was a trooper about entertaining and distracting the kids. We all survived and now they can tell Daddy what brave kiddos they were. Only 2 more blood draws and one more shot to get through. They are definitely earning their study stipends. Now on to our daily diary documenting temperatures and degrees of irritability. Right now they are laughing and jumping into a pile of pillows so I don't think anyone is wounded for life.
TTFN
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