Before we went, I was truly dreading the whole day since the last several times we took her anywhere in the car, she screamed her head off. I was expecting this to be another difficult day for her. Boy, were we surprised! She did great in the car. She didn't even cry when we strapped her into the car seat, and she didn't cry the entire way there. She just sat there contently. We came prepared this time, and we brought several toys just in case, and we played her favorite Korean children's cd and sang along. She eventually fell asleep along the way.
When we got there, she was very drowsy, and I strapped her into my baby carrier and we brought her upstairs to the doctor's office. She did such a great job. She was cheerful and playful. She smiled and cooed at the doctor and didn't put up a fuss at all. She needed to get a couple of immunizations in her thighs, which wasn't fun for her, but luckily, that only took a minute and was over. Here she is waiting for the nurse to come back in and give her her shots.
The hardest part came when we had to take her downstairs to the lab to get her blood drawn. They only allowed one parent to go in with her, so I sent John in since I knew I couldn't bear to watch, plus I didn't think I'd be as good at holding her still. John said it took 3 people to hold her down for about 15 minutes, and they had to try both arms because she was struggling and twisting so much. Poor thing! I winced as I heard her screaming bloody murder from the waiting area. It seemed to go on forever. Several nurses came out front telling me how incredibly strong she is. I was not surprised to hear this since I know she is definitely one strong little girl! Eventually it was over, and they gave her some ice for her arms and said she'd probably end up with bruises. We let her calm down first, and then ended up at the cafe to have some lunch since we were starving by then. I strapped her onto my front and gave her a bottle while we ate lunch, and she fell asleep after gobbling down her bottle. The ride home went really well, too, and she only cried a little bit from all the stress. You could tell she had just been through a lot. But she was amazing and we are so proud of her!
Here she is back home with band-aids on her arms. What a trooper!
By the way, it happened again: We had her dressed in pink girly stuff with these cute panda pants on, and the baby carrier is also very girly, yet we still got 2 comments, "Oh, he's so cute!". Hmmm, I guess we'll just have to wait until her hair grows out for her to look more like a girl.
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