No, this is not a horror story from the doctor's office. It is simply Emma trying to talk her way out of treatment!! I (Mike) took her to see the dermatologist last week because she has a wart on the palm of her right hand. She actually wanted to go because it is getting painful. We met the doctor and she offered only one real option for a small child: freeze it off. We explained it to Emma and she was happy to let the doctor "spray her hand and make it cold." That was...until she actually did it!! We told Emma we would count to 5 while the doctor sprayed her hand. After that, we would do it a second time while she counted to 5 and she would be done! Well, after the first time, she was ready to leave. Her hand hurt and was cold, so she pulled out every excuse she could think of and made up some new ones. With big, sad, blue puppy dog eyes, here were some of my personal favorites: "Can my Dad spray it this time?", "I'm thirsty. Can we go to the store and get something to drink?", "Can't we just use an ice cube at home to make it cold?" and "Can I come back with Mommy?"
After running into the doctor's next appointment, we finally had to coax Emma and her juice box into my lap so we could spray her palm a second time.
The real bummer is that it looks absolutely no different! She goes again on Friday - this time with her Mommy!! :-)
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