Blood, Booger, and Bowel Movements

Faith had to have her blood drawn today at her almost two year old checkup to see what the lead level is in her blood. It was AWFUL. I had to hold her body between my legs, pin her arms to her side, and use my other hand to try to assist the nurse. The nurse tied the rubber elastic around her upper arm, and Faith started screaming. Then the first attempt at finding a vein failed, and with the needle still in her arm she started jerking away as hard as she could and crying so hard she threw up. The second attempt to find a vein also failed, and the nurse was extremely flustered at this point. The needle was just kinda of hanging out of Faith's arm and I started crying. Finally, the third time she inserted she found a vein, and blood started to flow but it was so slow that it took a good 30 seconds each to fill up two vials. Then Faith did a bowel movement in her diaper and was so frantic that the nurse stopped before the 2nd vial filled up.

Talk about traumatic.