84-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 7,1989
Immunization Clinics
(Continued from Page B 2)
I arrived at 625 Cherry Street. A
municipal garage across the street
made parking easy, an important
consideration when transporting
children and paraphnelia. Large
elevators eliminated the hassle of
stairs and kept the trip to the four
floor health center pleasant. In fact
the health center is probably one
of the easiest places in Reading to
take kids and gear.
I’m not sure what I expected the
health center to be like but it was
much like the peditrician’s office
on a slow day. The office was car
peted and well lighted. Rows of
chairs were set aside for parents.
Moms and Dads comforted child
ren who had already been immun
ized. Several other children placed
hide and seek between the chairs.
Two toddlers emptied the toy box
and climbed in. I signed Ethan in
and Zach played cars with a new
found buddy.
In the 20 minutes before Ethan
had his shot, I had a chance to talk
to some of the parents waiting for
immunizations. “We come mostly
because of the cost of getting shots
at the doctor’s office,” explained
John Gehr. His daughter Dana, 19
months, was waiting for her
MMR, mumps, measles and rubel
la vaccine. “We like getting our
shots here,” he added.
Debbie Berg brought her
nephew Dylan Piehel to get his
Hib (Haemophilus Influenza b)
vaccine. “My sister is sick so I
brought Dylan. She is happy with
the service she gets here. It just
got too expensive to do it at the
doctor’s,” she said.
Dylan is not the only child
brought by someone other than his
parents. “With so many parents
working often other family mem
bers or friends bring the kids for
their immunizations. We simply
ask that the parents write a note
giving permission for the shot to
be given,” Sanderson said.
Sanderson also recommended
that parents check their children’s
health before sending them for
shots. “If children have a fever or
are sick, don’t send them for a
shot. If they have a mild cold it
may be all right for them to be
immunized. Call the office early
and discuss it with one of the
nurses,” Sanderson explained.
Ethan’s name was called and
we gathered up our gear and
headed into the office. Nurse Peg
Giering checked on Ethan’s health
history including any reaction to
past immunizations.
Then the time had arrived. Zach
was concerned about Ethan’s per
formance under pressure. “These
hurt. If you’re good you get a
‘treat.” Ethan gurgled and pulled
his brother’s hair.
Giering looked at Zach and said
“It doesn’t seem right to tell him it
won’t hurt does it? But it won’t
last long.”
It took a second for Ethan to
believe what was happening.
Giering was nearly finished before
he broke into a scream.
We hurried him back into the
waiting room and within a minute
he was giggling at the antics of the
other kids. Shortly I put him down
to crawl around on the floor until
the 20 minutes waiting period was
over.
“We ask parents to wait 20
minutes in case the child should
have any severe reaction. It
doesn’t happen very often but we
would like the child to be here if it
does,” Sanderson said.
It allowed plenty of time to
schedule Ethan for another DPT
(diptheria pertussus tetanus) two
months and set Zach up for his
pre-school boosters.
Ethan’s recovery was aided by
attention from his brother and sev-
eral other little friends. Neither
fellow was ready to leave when/
the 20 minutes were over.
Zach finally agreed to pick up
the toys and proceed with getting
Ethan’s treat As I was saying
good bye to Pat Sanderson I heard
Zach tell the baby, “Ethan how
about a hamburger for a treat.”
Ethan gave his brother a big
toothless grin. I guess when you
have a brother, treats should be for
two.
Our first trip was successful and
Ida’s
Notebook
Ida Risser
All of a sudden Jail is here al
though I haven’t given up hope for
a few more warm and sunny days.
Somehow I was caught off guard
and still had a lot of house plants
to pot when the first frost was pre
dicted.
The four black kittens that live
on the back porch were no help. In
fact they pawed soil out of the
flower pots and chewed the plants.
They are simply too playful'for
me. My daughter has promised to
take two of them and I’m very
glad.
I’ve just finished spending a lot
of time hand chopping tomates,
celery and peppers for a relish that
I cook each year. This is my sec
ond batch as I have a son who
likes it a lot It is easier to spend
time on something that is appre
ciated or so it seems. A while
back we had a hired man who lov-
a big boost to our wallets since we
continue to have high medical
bills while treating Ethan’s
allergies.
He is much healthier and happi
er now although he is under
weight. At six months he weighed
15 pounds.
We, like many other parents,
are grateful for the immunization
programs that offer our children a
boost in health and a boost to our
wallets since it saves us money.
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