A Phone Call

Ring, Ring...

"Hello this is the nurse at the office where your son received his flu shot yesterday and after going over the flu shot paperwork, we found a mistake with the shot your son was given."

Every year, I second guess my decision to give Our Sugar Babie the flu shot but go forward with it believing it's what's best for him and hopeful for a good outcome. I don't know if anyone else has read the stories online about this shot but it was enough to make me question getting one or not. Now are these outcomes the direct result of the flu shot itself, remains unclear.

So after much thought and research, we went with the preservative free shot. Who really knows if this preservative free shot is really preservative free but it made me feel better about giving the flu shot to Our Sugar Babie. The only downside to my final decision...our Pediatrician's office doesn't offer the preservative free flu shot.

Next step was a phone call to our Endocrinologist office to see if they were offering it and if it was still available at the satellite office we see her at which is also a Pediatricians office. Yes, it was and we scheduled an appointment.

Now everyday leading up to our flu shot appointment I second guessed my decision. Was I doing the right thing? Was Our Sugar Babie going to face any repercussions from it? I guess I really should have stayed off the internet and not read anymore negative stories of what can go wrong.

So that morning, as I woke up with a feeling of anxiety, I felt the strong need to say a prayer asking for protection for Our Sugar Babie.

 

Then the phone call the next day...letting me know that the dosage my son received wasn't the right one. After all the going back and forth and questioning if I was doing the right thing...then this. A medical error that could have cost my son his life.

Giving much thanks this Thanksgiving for the continued gift of my son's life.

For I could not even think of the possibility of not having this wild turkey in my life forever!

 

 

 

Colossians 4:2  Continue in prayer and watch in the same with thanksgiving.