March 3 - Blood Work

March 3 - Blood Work

Today is Levi's Blood Drive at Erskine, and it's Levi's day to give some blood to. It seems fitting that so many people are giving blood for him and others who need it, and he is getting poked today to. :)

One of the toughest things about going back to regular labs and doctors after being at the CHaD is reminding Levi that he needs to sit and wait like a big boy. At the CHaD every office has a play room and toys and games and they want the kids to run around and play. Also every adult there has a sick child so we all understand the need for kids to run and play and be a little louder. Today we are back at the regular lab, so we fell right back into Levi needing to sit and wait. He didn't do awful, but didn't do great either.

He climbed up in the chair ok.

He wanted mommy to sit next to him so was trying to clear out the chair for me.

Nice nurse was there today! :) And the draw went super well as always! He got to pick out his own band-aid today and he picked Jake and the Never Land pirates. After he got his band-aid he jumped down to pick from the treasure box, and picked a yellow whistle quite quickly (which is nice, we have been having issues with picking and indecision lately). But now thinking back, I am not sure that whistle ever made it to the car, not sure what happened to it. hmm...

After we put his coat on, Levi wanted to look at the fountain again, and for the first time ever, he saw that the hospital has a little bakery on the other side of the entrance from the lab. He looked at me with those cute eyes and said "Levi Donut Please", well this mom caved right there and over we went to the donuts. He found that they had a chocolate one with green and white sprinkles and asked for that one. We bought it and headed to the car.

Levi and his donut. 

He ate the donut the whole way to daycare and had a blast. But this is how I dropped Levi off at daycare. Oops. Sorry Miss T! Thanks for cleaning him up.

Donuts are yummy!

Funny daycare story: Levi took his jacket off and you could see his band-aid. His friend pointed to the band-aid and said "Jake, Jake, me have Jake too" and pulled down their pants to show Levi that their pull-ups had Jake on them. Levi's friend kept yelling "Look Levi Look, Jake" and pointing to their pull-ups! It was adorable. I couldn't help myself I cracked up at that one.

Just got Levi's counts in. 250 today! :) That's great! Up almost 100 points (count, numbers, not really sure what to call it, so will probably stick with points) from his infusion day count of 153. Next blood draw will be on 3/10.