“Please!”She looked at the five year old Inuit boy whose bottom lip was already trembling in response to hearing he needed a shot. She always felt sorry for any child when they feared their immunizations. But it had to be done and she made it painless as possible. Her job was both nurse and physician’s assistant because they were so short handed.“Matthew, remember what I told you about making your body big and strong so you can go out fishing with your dad?” Amari asked gently.He sniffed. “Uh-hu...h.”“Well, this will help and we’ll sing the song while I do it. So you’ll just feel a little stick, okay?” she said. “How about you start out.”“Okay.” Matthew took a deep breath. “There was an old man who swallowed a fly. I don’t know why he swallowed a fly…”Amari sang along with him while she prepared the needle and his mom held him in her lap against her breast. She gave him the shot as they sang about the man swallowing a spider to catch the fly and his breath only hitched on a few words.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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