Interesting weekend! Since Monday night we have been giving Jonathan his G-CSF shots. We normally give him these shots every night for at least 10 days - until his white blood count comes up and we can stop giving him the shots. It's a very traumatic experience and normally requires one of us to hold him down, including locking his arms (so he would not scratch and pinch us) and locking his feet (so he wouldn't kick). Whoever isn't holding down Jonathan will be holding his leg steady and giving him the injection.
On Friday night I learnt that Jonathan goes through these phases of saying he doesn't love Daddy because Daddy gives him the shots. To compound it, even if Gabby gives him the shots (and I'm holding him down), it's still my fault. On Friday night he insisted that I had to give him the shot and Gabby was to hold him down. After he got the shot he was so upset that he decided to draw on his little chalk board he got for his birthday. First he wrote his name at the top - Jonathan S. Then he draw a stick figure to represent himself and he draw a line through it. He said that this was him. Then he draw another stick figure and said that it was me. Then he said that my name was Jonathan and he said that his name was Lilo (from the movie Lilo and Stitch). At the time I had no idea what was the point he was trying to make but I know that he was very upset. Probably the most upset I've seen him for a while.
I was telling my mother about what happen and her interpretation was interesting. Her suggestion was that maybe Jonathan saw himself as one of the good guys and that he had to change us to be one of the good guys. Just like how Lilo had to change Stitch to be good. Interesting theory - which I kind of like and makes some sort of sense.
Well ... on Saturday his aunt (who came up to spend some time with us for about seven weeks) bought the movie Racing Stripes. She decided that she was going to watch the movie in the night and Jonathan was excited to see we had the movie that he could not wait to see it. Somehow it came out that he has to take his shot first and he readily agreed. He even sat down quietly and let Daddy give him the shot! We were shock! Even tonight when we decided to watch a home movie I made this morning - he sat down quietly to get his shot again.
Talk about one extreme to the other. I must say though, that this is the first time we've ever experience Jonathan sitting down quiet and being full awake, while he gets his shot. We had stop the practice of giving him two dollars when he took his shot fairly well, but I think he has to get doubly awarded for being such a good boy about it.
Tomorrow Jonathan goes for labs and I'm hoping that the labs show his white blood count being at a high level so that we can stop giving him the G-CSF shots.
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