Thursday, October 28, 2010

Making Keira's Medicine BEARABLE

Part of Keira's treatment for the OMA include morning and evening medications. When we were at the hospital we had to hold Keira's arms down while the nurse pinched her cheeks and squirted in the liquid medications... pretty awful for all 3 of us. :(



Once we got home, we knew we had to find a way to make this ritual as fun as it can possibly be (these medicines all taste quite bad - I've tried them myself!) Bear is one of K's favorite buddies and we decided that he too was going to be taking part in this new medicine ritual.

Thankfully, it has worked like a charm. Keira is always so generous to let Bear take his medicine first and she follows it up with offering her milk or water to him so that he can rinse that icky taste down.



We are so proud of both Keira and Bear for being brave and look forward to the day when this medicine is no longer needed.