Any of you ever try to hold down a very angry 3 year old to get many vials of blood drawn?

Yep. Not fun. Though the worst we went through was getting her to lie still for radiation treatment prep. They ended up ace wrapping her to the x-ray table (I guess this was pre-papoose). It was so traumatic for her that when it was time for the actual treatments, she was as still as could be cause she didn't want to get wrapped up again.

Any of you ever try to hold down a very angry 3 year old to get many vials of blood drawn?

My sister once required my mom and two nurses to hold her, and they ended up whipping off her shoe and sock and taking it from her toe. But it wasn't many vials, I'm sure.

Steph! I'm just back from Finland, which is a gluten-free PARADISE. Every single shop and restaurant I went to had the gluten-free options marked on the menu, and even McDonalds did all of their food in a gluten free version. They do the equivalent for lactose-free food too. It's a magical wonderland of a place.

Wow. That's amazing! I'm just impressed when I go to a restaurant and they even know what I'm talking about when I say I can't have wheat.

t edit When we ordered in sushi at work, I said something like, "I really should keep some GF soy sauce* at work in case of spur-of-the-moment sushi." A co-worker asked why, and I said that soy sauce has wheat. Their reply? "Can't you just use LIGHT soy sauce?"

Uh. Still has wheat, but nice try.

*(I know that "gluten-free soy sauce" is actually tamari, but I'm fairly certain that if I said "tamari" at work, not a single person would have a clue what I was talking about.)

Arguing with a goat [link] I often feel this way in my morning meeting.

Nightmare last night which kept me up and shivering most of the AM. Still shivering. Nightmares don't usually *bother* me, dammit. This one freaked my shit out.

Note to self: don't get flayed alive.

Yes, I've decided that I should not read The Passage before going to sleep.

Any of you ever try to hold down a very angry 3 year old to get many vials of blood drawn?

How many hospital personnel does it take to do this with a 50 year old woman with a needle phobia?

8.

NOT great.

In the end, it was the Ativan...and lots of it...that did the trick.

If I didn't live in the non-drug wanting camp, I might marry Ativan.

I've decided that I should not read The Passage before going to sleep.

I really enjoyed The Passage and its creepy ways when I was reading it at the start of the summer. The other day I saw it on the shelf and realized I'd completely forgotten I'd ever read it.

I had to Google The Passage and now I want it.

So much for reading books I already own. Sigh.

I'm working from home. Again. Really wanted to go in the office today but I woke up to find my boy asleep on the couch. Sitting up. I woke him, pointed him to the shower and went to take care of myself. Next time I came out, I could tell he had showered, but he was again asleep sitting up. I woke him and suggested food. He nodded and immediately nodded off again.

I had heard him up and down during the night. Apparently he didn't sleep more than a couple of hours. I finally pointed him to bed and I haven't heard a peep from him since. Oy.