Going To The Doctor With Mama!

I had to go to the doctor for what seemed to be an infection setting into a cut I got.  I made arrangements to go to the medical center near Andy's house between jobs so I wouldn't have to cancel my afternoon with Andy.

I had never taken Cooper to a doctor's appointment with me before.  He's allowed in with me since he's a service dog, but my doctor didn't know I had him... until now.  I showed his ID when I checked in and then sat in the waiting room.  A lot of people asked questions about his blue hair.  Children smiled and pointed.  When I was called into the examining room he became a little nervous.  I think he felt like maybe we were at the vet's office.  That would make sense considering some of the smells are similar.  He whined most of the time we were in the exam room waiting for the doctor.  Once the doctor came in, Cooper watched closely while the doctor looked at my infection and talked to me.  

The Doctor left the room after he wrote a prescription.  We decided I should get a Tetanus booster because it had been 10 years or more since my last one.  

More waiting for the nurse to come in with the shot caused Cooper to whine some more.  When the nurse came in with the needle intended for me, Cooper saw it and cowered in his chair.

 How I wish during these times that I could simply explain things to Cooper to ease his anxiety.  That's how I was with my children and they always trusted me.  Cooper lacks the trust in me in some areas because he doesn't know why I allow some things to happen to him.  I can't tell him the plan.  I can't do anything to ease his level of stress.  If there is one area I fall short in with Cooper, it's trust when there is something like this that he doesn't understand.

When we left the doctor he was happy to walk out with me.  He probably felt like he narrowly escaped that needle, when it was never intended for him in the first place.