On Friday morning, as Cameron was getting dressed for school, we had the tv on WLEX and Lee Cruse was at UK promoting their E-day. Cameron went last year with his grandfather and really enjoyed it! Cameron was excited and asked to go again so he wrote a note to his grandfather asking if he would take him again. Cameron's grandfather is an engineer and got his degree from UK. I think he's excited to see Cameron so enthusiastic to learn about engineering.
There was only one problem, it happened to fall at the same time as bowling league. To remedy this, we decided to go Friday to pre-bowl for the league. This is where he can bowl early and his scores will still count along with his team's scores. The only time we could get a lane for him to bowl was 7:30. There was a league going on at the same time, I think it was called the "Holy Rollers" league. We had to be put on the end next to some people in the league. They were a little apprehensive at first thinking he would be a typical kid and not show courtesy and just mess them all up. WE were told on several occasions by them how respectful and courteous he was!! Yay Cameron! Also, he bowled a 102 his first game and a 108 his second game! Was not his highest score, but with an average of 80, he did very well!
Saturday morning, Will and his father took Cameron to the E-day. They all three had a great time together. I went out with my aunt Deloise for some "retail therapy". Later I joined up with the guys and they both got haircuts. By the time we got home is was about 5pm.
We have to put the EMLA "magic cream" on him at least 30-45 minutes before giving the shots. Also, one shot has to be kept in the fridge so we have to give that one time to come up to room temperature and it also has to be mixed. The picture below shows what his "kit" looks like. There is a vial with white powder in it which is the medication. Then you see a glass syringe type thing in the middle. That is filled with a water-like solution. The blue thing on the other side is the plunger that goes into the syringe. There is also a clear adapter that you can't see very well. We have to put the adapter on the end of the syringe and the plunger on it then attach it to the vial. We push all the fluid into the vial and swirl (not shake) it for about 10 minutes until everything is dissolved. After that, we pull it back into the syringe and it's ready to inject.
He had the shots in his arms this time. I had him sit in my lap and kept his head turned away so he would not see the needles. Will gives him the shots. He got to get a bowl of ice cream after supper for doing so well with the shots. I think I'm going to buy stock in Breyer's ice cream... he really likes the chocolate and looks like that's what he's going to want with the shots. ;)
Cameron is getting more anxious each time with the shots. I'm not really sure why, they don't hurt he says. He has said several times he wishes he didn't have to take these shots and he wanted to go back to his old life before he had to start taking them. What do you tell an 8 year old when they say this!?! The only thing I can tell him is that he would be in much more pain much more often without the shots.
Side effects were not too bad so far this time. He woke up with his "hangover" headache and feeling bad for most of the morning. He's also getting more congested again and has started coughing a little. I'm going to call his pediatrician tomorrow and have him looked at just in case. He finished his antibiotics earlier this week for the ear infection.
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