I won’t sugar coat this. Pediatric lab testing, especially for children under three, is no joke. Blood draws have been some of the most difficult and traumatic appointments for us. Think of vaccine appointments, then multiple them by 1,000. Our worst lab visit lasted several hours and included seven pokes. I can’t count the number of times we’ve taken our daughter for blood draws or given urine samples. Here’s what we learned along the way to make these visits less painful for all of us: Make...
