August 23 - Blood Work

August 23 - Blood Work

We got to the lab today and Levi was in rare form. We stopped at his fountain for a second to say hi and then we were off to the lab.

 As we were walking over Levi asked me if P would be here. I said I didn't know but I assumed she would. He turned the corner and saw AM and in the safest voice ever he said "No P. It's just AM!" I felt so bad! But AM took it in stride knowing that they have a great relationship. She said that P was on vacation. There was a bit of a wait so Levi had a seat and continued to be a goofball.

 When it was Levi's turn he went running in to get his band-aid.

 Then he climbed up in the chair to wait. He was not amused that it takes AM a few extra minutes to do the paperwork then it takes P who has it down to a science at this point, I think she could probably fill out Levi's paperwork in her sleep.

 He finally smiled when she came over to get started.

 The draw didn't go so well. AM missed his vein and ended up having to stick him twice because she didn't want to dig around in his arm. Levi was not impressed and you could tell that AM felt awful. But Levi never cried. He did saw "ouch" and "Ow" a few times but he did really well. We stuck to our decision from years ago that it's one thing from the treasure box per stick, so Levi got to pick two things today.

 On the way out of the hospital he determined that he and his new green owl needed to sit on the bench and wait for a minute. Not sure what they were waiting for, but they set right down.

Eventually I got them moving and we headed off to school.

Counts came in around 9. Levi's count was 321! A great number and another increase! Woo Hoo!! Two weeks post infusion and we are still increasing!! That's always a great sign.

Next Plan: Due to Kids Day and then Levi's first day of Pre-K we will not be doing blood work again until Next Thursday. With his counts so good skipping one draw won't be a big deal and he needs to not miss special things if we can help it.