Tough Juice

Photo from The Mothering Hut

took bulilit to the doctor today for her 2 year check up. everything looks good, and the girl is in the 100th percentile for height, at an impressive 38" and weighing in at 25lbs. we talked to her doctor about her skin issues and decided an allergy test was in order. so not only was she getting one vaccination shot, she also had to undergo a blood draw.

we already kind of knew that she was more like e than me, but today totally proved it. when the nurse gave her the vaccination, bulilit looks up at her and goes, "ow! itchy!!" no tears.

then, we head down to the lab, and the phlebotomist checks her veins. (because they need so much blood for the allergy test, they needed to take it from the vein on the inside of her elbow. ouch!) phlebotomist says both veins seem pretty deep, so she sets us up with warmers to "draw out the veins." so i'm sitting there with bulilit, trying to distract her, keep her busy. when the phlebotomist comes back in (with an assistant to help her hold down bulilit -- her words, not mine), she rolls up her sleeve, i turn on yo gabba gabba on my phone and pray that buililt does not look at what they are doing to her.

go figure, the phlebotomists manage to fill 2 large test tubes with blood without even a peep, much less a flinch from bulilit. tough juice, i tell ya.