Labs

   This morning we took Elijah to the lab to get his blood work done.  They are checking his trileptal levels they would like them to be in the 20s.  They are also checking his vitamin D level.  He has had low vitamin D the last 2 times he had labs done so we started him on vitamin D3 drops to try and help it go up.  The Dr. told us that sometimes if you have seizures it affects the way your body absorbs vitamin D but we will see. 
   Elijah did a really good job this time!  It can be very difficult to draw his blood because of his cerebral palsy and he tightens up even more when he is scared.  2 ladies actually worked together this time.  He sat in my lap while one held his arm straight and the other drew the blood.  His blood usually stops coming out before they can fill all of the tubes so they normally have to try both arms.  This time it almost stopped but the phlebotomist somehow managed to get it all from just one arm so we were both much happier after the visit.  The phlebotomist said that maybe the blood stops coming out because he hold his breath when they take his blood.  But it went really well!  We took Elijah to the park after because he was such a good boy!