"THIS REALLY HURTS!!!!"

Could you hear the screaming this morning? It was loud and clear. Little Bit had her 4 year old well check today. This was on the heels of three days of being not so well. Since she has been sick all week but today was better, she couldn't figure out why I was taking her to the doctor. "Well, I think they might have to give you a shot." "What's a shot?" Leave it to Sass to pipe in, "Oh, YOU'LL find out!" Turns out the word "A" was a bit of an understatement. Midway through the appointment, in walks Nurse Ronnie with her tray full of syringes. Then in walks Miss Dottie to draw blood. It took three of us, nine painful pokes, and about five ugly minutes to reduce our little girl to a pile of shrill screams, sobs of "This really hurts. This really hurts." and the flat out sad cry. She calmed down eventually, but on the way out of the doctor said: This makes me want my other mommy.

And news today is in. Bit still won't see her "other mommy" but her road here is coming to an end. Sounds like the next two to four weeks will bring a new home, in the form of a relative waiting with open arms, for my favorite 4 year old. And all I can do right now is agree with her words from today: This really hurts!