and while he came back to consciousness. The doctor stiffened at this suggestion. Studies had shown, he told me, that the body language and facial expressions of anxious mothers can cause children to fear surgery and resist anesthesia.
Idk if this was a common practice but it’s similar to when i I was hospitalized at 4 or 5 with a severe unknown infection. My lymph nodes swelled to the size of a small golf ball. I had to get injections under my knee caps and they held me down. I recall crying for my mom, and saw her distraught through the small porthole window; the shot looked huge ( like as big as my forearm back then). Probably some strong antibiotic (NOT penicillin 🚩🚩🚩) injection. The doctor told me if I quieted down they’d let her in. I did, putting on a brave face with a few tears still running down my cheeks. They let my mom in to hold my hand. Strangely shots don’t phase me anymore. I was there for two weeks.
Given what I’ve been learning in pre nursing, it was likely something like a staph infection / lymphadenitis and the shot was likely clindamycin which would explain the pain and burning post injection.
