Tag: blood tests

  • Open mouth, insert foot, antagonize a phlebotomist.


    Standing room, in the waiting room, onlyI am NOT a big fan of needles and I absolutely HATED taking my kids for their shots…EVEN MORE…as fellow needle phobia sufferers (a.k.a. trypanophibia) can well imagine, yes?

    If no, it's okay, it simply means I closed my eyes, counted one alligator, two alligators and then cried, right along wit-em.

    My son is on a specific type of medication, that requires a monthly blood test, which means I have to take him to a lab and have his blood drawn or…as he refers to as…the place where he bleeds, on purpose…every month.

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