Well this morning I woke up at our last day at Camp LuCK and have so many stories to share about it. However, I want to go through my pictures first before sharing our camping adventure.
With all that said, I have another story that must be shared. It is a memory I never want to forget. So not that long ago I was in the doctor's office with Kaitlynn and Madelynn. They were each there for very different reasons but ended with a similar result: The dreaded SHOT.
Something I have never done with my children is lie to them about anything to do with the doctor's office, most importantly I have never told them something wouldn't hurt when I knew darn well it would.
But Kaitlynn and Madelynn are two very different creatures. Madelynn knew when she saw the shot, it was for her and she started crying and saying, "No, Mommy!" I wanted to cry. She has been through so much and I just wish I could take some of her pain away. Instead, I just have to watch it happen because it is in her best interest to keep her healthy.
They had to confirm Kaitlynn's weight to do her shot so they left and came back with Kaitlynn's about 10 minutes after Madelynn got hers. When the nurse walked in Madelynn recognized what it was, looked at the nurse and said, "NO, NO, NO!" I quickly assured Madelynn and told her the shot was not for her. I asked her to sit in a chair and wait while Kaitlynn received her shot.
When it comes to shots Kaitlynn is a screamer. It usually takes three people to hold Kaitlynn down to give her a shot and you can hear her through the entire office. Trying to calm her I promised her ice cream after dinner if she took her shot. It still took two of us to hold her down. Madelynn had felt the shots before but never seen anybody else get them before. She never flinched from that chair (I didn't know she could sit so still) and I have never seen her eyes so big before.
All I could think of was, "Great now that she has seen Kaitlynn scream as if she were in a horror flick she will never take another shot again."
But I was wrong.
As Kaitlynn got down from the exam table and I helped her put her pants back on Madelynn very quietly removed herself from the chair she was sitting and walked up to Kaitlynn and said, "Here Katie, Here Katie."
When I looked down Madelynn was giving Kaitlynn her hand, she wanted to hold her hand and walk her out of the doctor's office. So as we walked down the hall to the treasure box of toys they held hands and helped each other pick out a toy from the treasure box and then walked hand and hand to the elevator.
It is one of those moments I won't have captured in a photo but I will never forget.
TTFN~
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