Shots With Rebekah

Today was D-day for one little chicken in my home. Her last shots before she turns 12. A moment I was so very excited for as she like with most things, over reacts to shots, I know surprising to say the least, but we have on our hands a very dramatic chicken. She has been this way from a VERY young age and bofore any of my family tries to blame me I just want to make this clear...I blame her bio-mother. Yup, I said it. Its all her fault, never mind the fact Rebekah has been in my care for the last 4 years 8 months and 10 days. I beleave that in the argument of "Nature vs. Nurture" I can blame "Nature" on this one, please let me live in my delusional world. So, back on track, today was shot day. A day that I have been preparing for the last few weeks, ever since I got that pesky little reminder card in the mail. Stupid mailman. Stupid post office. Why couldnt they have brought my PhD instead? Any how, shots, lets stay on track please. Rebekah has followed the same routine since she was about 9 months old. We enter the nurses office happy and go lucky, we play in the waiting room like nothing is wrong, we follow the nurse back to the room with a smile on our face, we sit in the chair and look around the room, we smile at the nurse, we look at the distracting toy she puts in front of us, we trick Mom into thinking we are not going to scream bloody murder like the time before, and then we see the tray, the ominous tray, and then we start to scream....bloody....murder. Yup, just like that. ALL my other children do not cry or scream till the nurse has actually given the shot or has the needle in her had. Not Rebekah, nope, all she has to see is the tray and she screams bloody murder....kinda like she does when she is coming out of anesthesia. (see anesthesia and me post) Then after another nurse comes in (because they don't believe me when I tell them we WILL need a third set of hands. Why do medical professionals never believe me? Maybe they would if I had my PhD...) to help hold her down and they try to talk softly to her I have to say like a SUPER mean Mom, "Just do it already!" and then they poke her and all is fine, she sits up bats her little eyes and says, "Oh, is it over?". Yup, the queen getting shots is quite the sight to behold. I will give you all fair warning when we get her 12 year shots....I might need a few more hand to hold her down. ARGH!!