Sorry to stick you...

Dear Nicky,

Today you had your three year checkup at Doc Mock's office. I went and got you early out of Stones. You guys had a fire drill today. Everything went well and you are very healthy and doing well healthwise. The doc gave us a couple of scrips for some further tests, one for a neck X-ray, the other for some bloodwork. Since Mom was with us and your nanny had June back at the house and we had some time, we decided to go get the bloodwork done. It was not very pleasant. This one phlebotomist tried once on each arm with no success. You were screaming bloody blue murder. You have very deep veins, which are hard to get. Then they got this other phlebotomist to try and she got you good on the first try. You were stuck deep and hard a total of three times. We hated to hear you cry; it breaks our heart. But when you need bloodwork done, you need bloodwork done. When we got home, we got Junie and went to Friendly's to get some dinner and ice cream. Neither one of you kids ate very much, but at least you made a mess someplace other than home. Back home, we immediately put you both in the tub, where, toward the end of the bath, you took a big dump in the water. Later, we put you to sleep, and without Pepcid, which the doc thinks you might have outgrown, so we're going to try doing without it. We'll see.

Love,
Dad