One Vile of Blood

To obtain one vile of blood from a 30 pound, 3 year old required 1 Doctor, 1 Nurse, 2 Lab Technicians and a very, frustrated mommy! A blood test is required from each family member to complete the required physicals before returning to the field. A comedy of errors, oversight and unexpected delays, required me to have to take both kiddos to the doctor for blood tests, while Keith was having a blast in Kansas. After trying the diplomatic approach of asking who wanted to go first (of course, no one volunteered), I had to chase ME down the hall, running into our doctor (who thankfully is a dear friend of ours…or at least was!!!) and begged for back-up. We all gather in an Examination Room and began our best wrestling moves to capture and hold down the kids for one tiny vile of blood! Did I mention the ME was screaming and yelling, “I don’t want to o it!!!” the entire time…even after we were finished!!! On the way out, she said, “I don’t want to come back here again, EVER!”