Mwha ha ha!

Today was one of my favorite days in the clinic: mass injection day! We received a donation of flu vaccines for all the kids from the Department of Health. Flu season in the States is during the end of the winter months, mostly because during the winter more people are hanging out inside together and spreading germs. The same goes here for the rainy season, meaning most kids catch the flu between August and October. Since our seasons are at different times, the US uses what it needs in the winter and then sends it's leftovers here for the upcoming summer. Having so many kids in tight quarters means that the flu would destroy us. While the vaccines won't prevent all cases, at least it'll help us make a dent in it.

I used to love doing injection days at WGA too, and here we have four times as many people. The kids piled into the clinic all day and got their shots, some more willingly than others. It was the new volunteer Jack's first day and we got him started right away. We went over drawing up meds and soon Tia Rosa had him doing shots on some of the older kids. Anyone who does injections knows that sometimes you get good ones where the kids can't feel a thing and other times it hurts a bit more. Jack lucked out on his first few and word spread quickly that he was magically gentle, so soon the kids were lining up at his chair to get injections. It was pretty cute, and I was happy for the confidence boost it probably gave him.

Sadly some kids were stuck with "Rough and Tough" Shawn ;) Nah, I'm gentle too so I did fine by the kids. Look at the smile! In fact, he's the only one who's smiling. You can tell Tia Rosa and I take our jobs seriously.

Still serious

Just have to add this one. Look at that face!!