Side Effects of the Side Effects

It's been 9 days since Will was administered four different vaccinations at the same time. Each one of them came with a 2-4 page print out describing why it was necessary and any possible 'side effects'.

So far, Will has had all the one's that don't "result in death".

First few days he had fever, muscle aches, loss of appetite, and was lethargic. The side effects of those 'side effects' were a grumpy, whiny, and fit throwing child.

The second night he started gagging and coughing in the middle of the night, which ended in him regurgitating everything we'd finally managed to get into him. All over the bed, pillows, and stuffed toys. He's repeated this lovely behavior for 5 of the last 6 days; sometimes two or three times a night.

The side effect of this 'side effect' has been tons of laundry, lack of sleep for child and parents, grumpy child and parents.

Hauling the last load of soiled bedding to the laundry room I managed to knock off three different open drinks onto the floor in the living room. Exhausted as I am, I stood there with my smelly load of laundry and looked at the vibrant mixture of liquids as they intertwined on the tile and thought, "This must be a side effect of the side effect from the "side effect".

I need some sleep.