Allergy Shots and Patience

One thing we strive to teach our children is patiience. Ironically, I feel as though it is a constant lesson to be learned by all regardless of age. My second son started allergy shots a couple of months back. He takes his shots twice a week and dosen't shed a tear. I call him our little man becasue he trys so hard to be the tough guy. At the same time put an unexpected bug in front of him and suddenly he becomes an animated character. His kness reaching for the sky, leaving his head and shoulders a foot behind. He is a treasure full of personality and charm.

It was very hard to see this gem struggled getting through his baseball season, with constant skin reactions. I am trying very hard to be patient with the allergy shots. I know they only work for 1/3 that try them and they take almost a year to see improvement with. But here is my worry up to know he has just had heightened skin reactions from them. Unfortunatly after last weeks shot he had an asthma attack in the middle of the night. So today we are going for another, but I need to discuss this with the doctor. I am just hoping these work. It breaks my heart thinking he is going through 2 shots twice a week only for nothing. So we will see what the doctor says. I must admitt though my patience is running out a bit and after last week maybe for a good reason. Yet again, I must remind myself Patience, Patience, Patience!