Wednesday, November 25, 2009

H1N1 Vaccination


Today the kids went and received their first of two doses of the H1N1 vaccine. Two weeks ago the Dutch government decided that all children aged 6 months through 4 years should be offered the vaccine. A week ago we received our invitation in the mail with a roster of when we were to go. The postal code determines which day and location, and the house number determines the time. Our location was a temporary building in a nearby park. Tom went to work late today so he could help out. We put the kids on the bike (yes, Felix now rides on the bike with us!) and arrived shortly before 9:30. The whole operation was organized so well that we were back outside about seven minutes later. Felix hardly noticed the shot, but Evie did cry a little. She was very nervous and didn't want to go. The lollipop and coloring page afterwards did help her feel better. When she got to the creche, she proudly showed her cool band-aid. We wanted to and were planning on taking pictures, but everything went so smoothly that there just wasn't any time. In three weeks time the kids go back for another dose... maybe we can get some pictures then.

2 comments:

Bas en Wil op reis said...

Wat een flinke kinderen zijn het toch, net hun Papa! Die was ook altijd dapper met prikjes (net als Uncle Thijs en Auntie Rachel).

XX

Rachel said...

Mooi dat het zo snel is gebeurd allemaal! Beter dan uren te moeten wachten op een prikje! Ik ben benieuwd als je een foto wil maken van evie volgende keer, of ze dan wel haar fotolach door de tranen heen kan toveren!
fijn weekend alvast, ik ben dit weekend gebonden aan tilburg door schoolwerk en theaterwerk!
dikke kus