We all went to the Travel Clinic at Kaiser this afternoon to receive the typhoid vaccine, and Stuart needed the hepatitis A as well.  I told the boys our agenda on the way to the hospital, and they were worried about the shots.  Connor got over it quicker as he was distracted by the fact that daddy would get more than we would.  Logan was scared and claimed that he would rather stay in the car.  But once we got to the parking, they were fine and we all walked in to the clinic.  After I went to check us in, the nurse got ready quickly for us.  Stuart volunteered to go first.  The boys were nervous but curious, so they watched the action.  Logan was up next with Stuart sitting with him; he made a quick “ah”, then it was over.  I held on to Connor and got his arm ready.  I distracted him that I was the last one to go, he gave a quick whine and he laughed while the nurse gave him the shot.  I then received mine, and we left to go to the laboratory for Stuart to draw his measles titer.  Afterward we went out for dinner.

    Couple of hours later at home, our arms started to hurt.  I have to say that this IM injection does hurt quite a lot, much more than another other injections.  My arm is quite sore, and I can definitely understand why the boys were complaining.  For some reason, Stuart did not feel much soreness.  The boys and I were whining about our “broken arms’ during our reading time.  We had to support each other to sit up and without hurting the arm.  By bedtime, I had to help them in the bed as they only had one good arm.  Hope the soreness will be better in the morning as that’s what I told them.