Mar 26

Today is the first day of leg shots. Friday is always the highest dose, so 3 shots, 3 nurses. Thankfully uneventful!
We have a running joke (okay, I have a running joke), with the nurses about the kind of bandaid they give Connor. Being a ped's clinic, most of their patients really care about their bandaids. Their tears can flow if there isn't a princess bandaid, or a dinosaur...
Connor, if course, could care less. So I always ask if they have a princess one for him! Usually they just laugh, but Trish keeps trying to find a good one. Once he got Hello Kitty!! Connor rolled his eyes, while I giggled. Today Trish found him an Elsa bandaid, and made a point to him that she's looking at him!!
Poor Connor 😂! (Of course they are always under his clothes and no one else ever sees them, so we're not actually humiliating him!!)

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  1. BeataMarch 26, 2021 at 4:38 PM

    What a great sport!! LOL!

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  2. KinlinFamilyMarch 26, 2021 at 7:49 PM

    😄 Love your running joke Erin! I remember the days of Dora, Spiderman, Blues Clues, and Princess bandaids - the good old days! Good sport Connor! Glad all is going smoothly! 💕K/C/M/L

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