Tears in my eyes

After much consideration I decided that I needed to get the kids the H1N1 shot. My reasoning is because Brock is 19 months, and it would just break my heart for such a little guy to be that sick, Mariah has asthma, and there are sooo many kids out here getting sick with the swine flu. So I decided I better get it done but wanted to somehow avoid standing in the long lines. Sunday night my mom called me up and told me that the Health Department was giving away tickets for the shot at the Saratoga Springs Walmart at 8 a.m. on Monday. I got up and showered, told the girls to hurry get dress and brush their teeth and we were out. I saw a line and was like ugg I am not standing in a long line with 3 kids, but when I got to the end of the line it wasn't that bad. I stood in line for like 20 minutes and got my 3 tickets. My appointment was yesterday (Tuesday) at 2 p.m. I checked Jazmin out of school and headed towards Provo. I had no clue where the stinkin Health Department is located at in Provo so I turned to my nifty navigation system on my phone (it's a lifesaver). I was kind of in a panic because it was a little after 2 and I didn't know if they would turn me away but when I got there, there was a line. I have 3 kids and I have to wait in a stinkin long line! It wasn't that bad of a wait though. When we entered the room where they were giving the shots I wanted to cry. There were little kids getting their shots and they were crying. Mariah enters the room and she starts crying. As we are waiting for the people in front of us to get their shots Jazmin starts crying. I have 2 kids crying and Brock is just busy. It's our turn and I have to drag Jazmin to sit on my lap and cover her eyes. The nurse pokes her and she just screams. Mariah is next and I put her on my lap and she is screaming, kicking, thrashing her arms it was sad. The nurse pokes her and she lets out a loud scream. 2 down one to go it's Brock's turn now. I hold him and put his legs in between my thighs and poke. He whines for a bit and he is done. Brock whines and that is it while me girls are still crying. I tell you this little boy is one tough cookie! The girls said they would rather get sick than get a shot and I asked them do you want to miss a lot of school or not play with friends. They immediately answer back with they don't want to get anymore shots. Well sad news is I have to go through this whole ordeal in 4 weeks because they've got to go back to get their booster shot. Oh my I don't know if I can do it all over again. I just didn't want them to get sick and was more worried for Mariah and Brock because they are more high risk. Cross fingers it goes a little bit better next time.