March 22 - Blood Work

March 22 - Blood Work

Good Morning!!! We got to the lab this morning and there was one person already in the lab so we had to wait for a minute or so. Levi was being a little crazy man! But it made for some cute pictures.

We got inside and Levi got his band-aid and opened it up. P was all ready for him and had the tablet all ready to go for him.

Then Levi started playing games. He was super excited that PBS Kids had been updated and instead of having just 3 shows/characters worth of content it now had more then 20, one of which was Ready Jett Go! One of Levi's new favorite shows. P was shocked that there was more content and had no idea how it had gotten updated. So we all had a good giggle about that, and Levi was happy!

The draw itself went great as usual! Levi was so engrossed in his new games that he didn't even wiggle or move at all. I didn't even need to be holding his arm. It was over before he knew it, which he was sad about. I think he would have kept sitting there for 30 minutes letting her pump out his blood if he could keep playing his game!

Then we headed over to the treasure box. Him and P started digging around in it. He asked if she had anything that transformed. He is so into transforming right now!

He was having such a tough time deciding on what he wanted that P and him ended up dumping out the whole treasure box and going through everything!

Finally he settled on some bubbles (really bubbles?!?! of all the things in the box, he picked a purple bottle of bubbles! the kid is crazy!)

Then because it's Thursday and there have been no major issues this week he was able to get his donut. So we headed over to the donuts. He was excited to see the donut lady and went right to the door to give her a hug. Then he ordered his donut and paid for it. We are working on the fact that a donut costs $1.25 and that requires one dollar (or paper money) and one quarter (or coin or metal money). It is definitely sinking in as Thursday morning in the car he asks me if I have Paper and Metal money now instead of just asking if I have donut money.

Then we were off in the car and on our way to school. He ate his whole donut in the car which is a good sign that he was hungry! Some days he just licks the chocolate off!

Results came in crazy early (for them) this morning by 9:15!! Thats a great day for the lab. His counts are 201. So another drop, but still a great number. Sometimes it's hard to step back and realize that although he has dropped a ton of points in the last few weeks he is still great count wise. Anything in the 200's is amazing for him and not anything to worry about!

Next steps: blood work again on Monday. Have a great weekend everyone.