Today...

Today was such an AWFUL day for us!!! Clayton has had this "cough" since before Christmas. We have been to the doctor two times already, and they cannot find anything "wrong" with her. However, the doctor also says that it is not normal for a child to have a cough for that long, either! Clayton doesn't have fever, but you can definitely tell that it makes her feel bad at times! We went back to the doctor today (for the 3rd time), and Dr. Daniel suggested that we have lab work done for allergies. After we left the doctor's office, we went to the lab work place. Please keep in mind that Clayton already had a TERRIBLE fit from the time we rounded the corner and saw the "scales" until we left out of the building...and Dr. Daniel didn't do anything to her, really!!!

So, we went to the lab work place...and it was horrible!!! I don't think that I have ever cried and hurt for my child like I did today! Not even when we were going through all of her sickness last Christmas and testing for CF and every other disease imaginable!!! Mark had to hold Clayton in the chair with his legs around hers and his arms holding hers down while I tried to talk to the itty bitty pumpkin and try to make it "all better." It was SERIOUSLY over 5 minutes!!! She got the needle in there easily, but the fit that Clayton was throwing (and being really tense!) stopped the blood from flowing, so the nurse was having to "squeeze" to get the blood in the tiny tube!!! She was screaming and crying out in pain and fear...it was AWFUL!!! Have I said that yet?!?!

As we were walking out of the back area, I noticed (and I am not even kidding!) three women in the waiting room who were crying b/c of hearing Clayton!!! They each said, "Oh, poor baby, sweet thing," etc. And that was only for ALLERGY TESTING!!! UUGGHH!!!

So, we walked out, and Clayton was doing the hyperventilating breathing (you know, you used to do it, too!) and Mark looked at me and said, "Let's go!" So, we went next door to the ice cream place!!! Mark is soooo against Clayton having sweets, but I guess he felt it was warranted this time!!! We were all pretty shaken up over the whole ordeal!!! (The whole ice cream thing started when another little boy came in with ice cream before Clayton got her blood taken and she was yelling "ice keem, ice keem"...

What a day!!! And I still have a 2nd grade Valentine's program tonight!!!