Yesterday, I was playing outside with the boys and I ran my hands over a yellow plastic rope. This was old rope, and I got several nasty splinters which were hard to see and quite painful. One of them made my thumb stiffen up and hurt all over. "Oh no, " I thought, "it's tetanus for sure!"
The nurse at my doctor's office was not as worried as I was. She said that if it was, I had 72 hours to get the shot. I opted for the next available appointment which was this morning. Driving up to Bristol, I was very glad to see gasoline at $1.89. Who would have guessed that it would ever be so low again?
My boys were great at the doctor's office. It's an Internal Medicine practice, so they don't see a whole lot of kids there and all the grandmas had to see if they could make the baby smile (which they did). I was ushered right in and the DTP booster (that's Diphtheria, Tetanus and Pertussis) took all of 2 seconds (whew!) and I wished I had brought myself a lollipop for being so brave. They asked me to stay there for a few minutes to make sure I wasn't going to have an adverse reaction, which was fine because the 2 year old had found several books in the waiting room he wanted me to read.
I love this place. I call the doctor one day, go in the next morning, get it done, then have to stay and read the stuff we didn't have time to read before the appointment because there was no wait- and this is not an isolated experience. I'm feeling grateful for good medical care.
2 comments:
You do deserve a lollipop!
I'd take no-wait over a lollipop any day, dude. I'm glad you appreciate that. So far here we're in barely better shape than in NY. Wait time is like an hour instead of 2 hours. And there's parking, though it's either metered (and a $25 ticket if you're 1 minute late) or $4 for the garage. Better but far from convenient, and very far from a pleasant experience.
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