Medical Assistant in the Department of Nursing Kristina Bevans looks up at Mary Matheson as Liam Doxsee, 9, cries in pain after getting the flu shot at the Stead Family Children’s Hospital in the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City, Iowa, on Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023. Not every aspect of Liam’s life involves new experiences, and Liam said living with SCID is a challenge, especially having to go to doctor appointments often as a kid with a sensitive body. “Especially the needles,” Liam said. “See the longer needles, everyone says they don’t hurt a lot. But when I feel them, it’s like I’m getting thrown into a fire pit. It hurts bad.”