BAD Experience!

Joshua and Owen do lots of things together, so today Erin and I figured they might as well get their blood drawn together too! Joshua's pediatrician ordered a blood draw for an allergy test to see if he is allergic to milk, soy, peanuts and eggs due to the weird bumps that have been on his cheeks and arms for the last 6 months or so. Owen had an order to have a test done to see if he is allergic to milk like we have all suspected for quite some time. So off to Quest Diagnostics we went (due to a program through insurance I was to go here). It was Joshua's turn first and he did very well through the lady finding a vein and then putting the needle in, but after about 2 minutes of her poking the needle around under his skin he started crying, HARD and saying "OUCH, OUCH". She then tried the other arm and poked the needle around under his skin for another minute or so and by this time he had had it and started screaming! She got a bit of blood out, but not enough for the testing that needs to be done. So, now it was Owen's turn. Smart boy that he is, he started screaming right away and wanted no part of any of it. The lady told us to come back on Monday when someone else would be there to help her. Ahh, I think NOT!!!!! We immediately came home and I called the insurance company and asked them if there was any way to have his blood drawn by a pediatric specialist (who can actually draw blood instead of fish around in his arm and cause trauma) in the DeVos Children's Hospital. Thankfully it can be done this way and the specimen sent to Quest Diagnostics for insurance purposes. We knew it wouldn't be easy to draw blood from toddlers, but that was ridiculous!!!! Joshua now has a bruise on each arm! Please pray with us that Monday things will go much better and the tests can be completed for both boys and our allergy questions answered. Note the progression of Joshua's expressions in the pictures below. He was not a happy boy by the end of our experience.