Milking it

It was time for dreaded "blood draw" to find out if Addison's sesame and shrimp allergies are still present. At the allergist appt, it was clear that drawing blood was going to be a challenge, considering Addison would hardly let the Dr. listen to her heart and look in her ears! So, he recommended that we have her blood drawn at Seattle Children's Hospital. Good idea. We were going to need a lot of bells and whistles to get blood out of this kid! As it turned out, the tech that drew her blood was a master...she sat on Chris' lap, he put the tourniquet on so fast and started thumping around on her veins with his finger, counting "1-2-3, 1-2-3..." She was so distracted by this, that when he did stick her with the needle, she didn't know what hit her and hardly had time to cry. It was done and over with in a matter of seconds! Genius. And now we wait for the results. In the meantime, our little drama queen has been milking her "injury." She whines to anyone who will listen "I-have-an-owwwwwie...." in a very pathetic, whiny voice. She wouldn't let us take the bandage off! We waited until the next day, and when she wasn't looking, I grabbed a corner of it, and OFF it came. Sorry, Addison. Drama is over. Not so fast, Mommy. She has a new owie on her leg, and she's milking THAT now.