A "Medical Week" ...

So, this was a big medical week and I was not very good at updating ... sorry ... Monday was our big day at Children's Hospital for CT scans and assessment. That update is included in this group. Wednesday was first check-up with the primary care doctor and that went pretty well. Both boys, for whatever reason ... I am not sure, were very concerned about needles as they demonstrated having their skin poked. They did not do this at all at the few appointments they had at Children's ... interesting. They were both shy and quiet at first and Rees was, of course, more timid than Jonah. He sat quiet solemnly and still, almost expressionless through the whole appointment until nearly the end when the doctor went to check reflexes on Jonah (he went first) and when she tapped the little instrument against Jonah's knee and it jerked forward slightly, Rees laughed out loud and had the biggest smile on his face. Well, that broke the ice because after that he was very interested and wanted to be in charge of the 'doctor tools'. At the very end, it was time for their immunizations and it was decided they would have (4) FOUR (yep, that's right) of them, two in each arm. I thought we should have Rees go first so that in case Jonah cried, it wouldn't make it extra difficult on him. Rees began crying as soon as I placed him on the examining table and the two nurses walked in. He knew what was going on and he wanted no part of it. It went quickly, though. His poor little face was a mess of tears, redness, saliva and mucous ... ewwww!! Jonah immediately got up to the table and basically said I didn't need to hold his arms OR stand there with him because he was N-O-T going to cry. Well, I wasn't so sure so I stayed there anyway with my hands gently covering his ... and guess what ... he barely even winced. There was a slight raise to the eyebrows but he just stared straight ahead and didn't so much as make a whimper. I wasn't sure whether to be impressed or concerned. I told him that he was so BRAVE and then he mimicked Rees crying when he got his shots and sort of mocked him saying "that's not me!" Today, Rees had to go to the lab to have some blood drawn so that we can know his blood type. He will need to have extra blood on hand for his surgery so we need to know what blood type he is. Rees began to cry when he realized we were there for him and again Jonah made fun of him. This sort of makes me sad as I wouldn't expect this from him but it also seems to be the way he deals with nervousness and fear. If he is nervous or upset, he tends to mimic/mock the person nearest him. Hopefully, this will change and he will show the emotional support the orphanage staff said he was known for.