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^4 A day at the county well child clinic By Kurt Begalka He is placed in a produce-type poking .probing for problem several sample boxes of Poly-Vi Shaw Free Press Media scale. Weiaht: 23 nnunH* is siens. Flor. SECTION 2 • PAGE IS - PLAINDEALER - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER t. 1M» > Room 101 of Mc Courthouse smells like I a combination of talcum powder and soiled diapers. Mothers hold the young children on their laps while their older brothers and sisters scurry to and fro in the waiting room. A voice in the adjacent room shouts, "number 23." Janet morning with Janet's sisters Joanie and Mary Hay den. All three have children. Janet is a slim 19-year-old. She hoists John on her hip and prepares to register. "What will ttlbe?" asks the woman at the table. On this, his sixth appearance at the well- child clinic, John will be im­ munized for measles, mumps and rubella (German measles). Janet hands the woman a small booklet. The date and treatment is marked in the appropriate line. A copy also is kept on file in the office. "Have a seat," cleric Nancy Bergquist tells Janet. "It will be just a moment.". She returns to the waiting room and chats with her sister Joanie, a son of her own on her knee. "I think it's good that they care," Joanie says of the clinic. "It's pice not to have the bureaucracy - and the bills," Several moments later, nurse Joan Bimrose calls her name. It is fast today. Janet recalls v waiting more than an hour on previous visits. The sound of crying echoes from the examining room. "After the shots they usually get tired and cranky," Janet says. She lifts John up on a table and removes his shoes. The first step is the measure board. A poster above it on the wall reads: "Every good day begins with a little love." John is placed on his back, spine striugnt: 31.75 in­ ches. A tape measure is put around his head: 49.5 centimeters. last time," Bimrose says. A thermometer is placed under his arm and Janet tries in vain to keep it there. "Sit down," Bimrose says. "The doctor will be with you in a moment." Bimrose puts the chart in the appropriate folder and calls the next patient. "We've got a nurse that's sick today," Bimrose says. "That's why I'm kind of flying." Janet's older sister, Mary, enters the room. "Who's going to so first, the big ones or the little ones? " her 5-year-old daughter, Ann, asks. Ann's younger brother, Bradley, sits on his mother's knee. 'Tm not going to cry," he says. He goes through the ritual without a peep. "He is terrific," Bimrose says. "I need him right now. I really do." By now Dr. Leo Reyes is ready for John. Janet strips him down to his diaper in preparation for the examination. There are tongue depressors and cotton swabs within easy reach, but John ignores them. He'd feel a lot more comfortable in his mother's arras and makes his intentions known. Reyes is busy giving advice to a woman. The infant on the table has an infection. There is some sort of trouble With his immune system. "His mother was on speed, marijuana and acid," the woman tells the doctor - "lots of acid." Reyes continues to chew his gum; continues to help when and where he can. He gives her the name of a skin doctor and moves over to Janet. "What is he in for, a shot?" Reyes says. "Yes." "Does he know it?" "No." "That's why he's still smiling," Reyes adds, with a smile of his own. The doctor's hands pour over the infant's body; feeling, poking,probing signs. "We have what you call an open clinic," Reyes adds. "Everybody walks around." Reyes recommends Janet use a formula and recommends a vitamin - ~ fluoride sup­ plement. A student nurse from Elgin Community " to the cabinet and several sample boxes of Poly-Vi- Flor. It is time for his shot. Janet locks one of John's legs between her knees and pins his arms back. Bimrose swabs the skin with alcohol. The needle goes in. A scream comes out. "Massage the leg," Bimrose says. It will make him feel better. She knows. 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