Planning to Never Leave the House Again
March 16, 2006
Holy Cannoli, people!!!! There are some crazy drivers out on the roads today!
So I don’t know if I’ve mentioned it, but my husband has been working from home for approximately 3 months now. This senario has its pros and cons, mostly pros like this one: We get to go run errands and pick up lunch at, say, Ruby Tuesday. (Note to RT: The new burgers, while tasty, have WAY too much pepper on/in them. Gack!) On the way to get our lunch, we almost died like 4 times. Someone came to a dead stop in the middle of the highway because they wanted to get over to make a left hand turn!!!
There are several villages missing some idiots today!
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Yesterday, I took M to the hospital to have some blood drawn. Every now and again, he has to have blood drawn for testing so we can see what’s going on chemically with him. We hadn’t done it in awhile, and the last time he had blood drawn was not a great experience. It was so not great that he swore he would never have it done again. So when his new doctor requested he do this again, he was unhappy to say the least. The irony here is that the doc in question is a psychiatrist, who asked right after telling him that he would have to have blood drawn; “So, is there anything you are anxious about, M?” (I about died laughing, and had to turn away so they couldn’t see me. Tears were forming. It was hilarious.)
Ummmmm….yeah…..he could be a little stressed about it.
So we waited about a month before we finally got a chance to get this done. In that month, my son stressed, and stressed, and when he was done with that, he stressed some more. Finally I just gave him a date and said, that’s the day. It was after FCAT, and on a 4 day weekend.
So we went. We got almost all the way through registration until they found out he didn’t fast. Unfortunately, the doc only gave me a prescription with what needed to be done, and no directions so I didn’t know he needed to fast.
This meant we had to come back the next day.
My poor child, who stresses over just about everything, has an extra day to freak out.
The next morning dawned, and off we went to get this done. Got through registration (again), and headed to the lab to get the blood drawn. When we arrived, the technician I recognized as the one who drew my blood recently before my surgery. I told M that he would be in great hands, this guy was a great vampire.
My son, stressed to the max, begins to break out in SONG about what his rules are about drawing blood. They are as follows:
- Don’t take too long.
- Only use small needles.
- Don’t take too much blood.
- Don’t stick the needle in too deep.
Once that grammy winning performance ended, we got down to business. It took 4 people to do this, not including the one who’s blood they were drawing. They used a butterfly needle, which I highly recommend. The hardest part was settling him down, once we got the needle in (first try!! YAY!!) it was a piece of cake. He even watched the vials fill up. It was a HUGE victory for him.
His daddy would be so proud he watched the vials fill up. He does that when he gets blood drawn.
So, end result, M feels better about getting blood drawn now, Mommy got him Dunkin Donuts for breakfast on the way to school, and we don’t have to do this for long while (I hope).
All I have to say is I hope those lab techs don’t move away or I’ll be in deep trouble with my son the next time we have to go do this.
They rocked!
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Trying to find a bathing suit that I’m willing to wear on or beach trip for Spring Break. Not having much luck at my fave store, Target. But this one, this one and this one look good. The prices don’t, but they do. Not sure I would ever go out in public in this one; and worried about the tan lines with this one.
Why are bathing suits so damned expensive?
March 20th, 2006 at 7:48 pm
Yay to Morgan! Those triumphs are such a relief. Whew!
I saw your comment to Mary’s post about ASD blogs on the BlogHer site, so made my way over here. Glad to have found you!
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March 22nd, 2006 at 2:29 pm
Kari, I’m so glad you stopped by!!! I’m off to check your site, and make a new friend!
Have a great day!
Shash
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