My Ari amazes me every day!

Yesterday was Arianna's appointment at the allergist. She was excited because she and mommy were going on a trip together! We arrived at St. Vincent's Hospital in Worcester (where the twins were born) and we go to the Allergy department.

Ari was having fun playing with the toys in the lobby and then they called her name. She and Mommy went into a room with a big chair. I called it Ari's princess chair...so she loved that! The Nurse Practitioner came in and she was my age! She was GREAT! Arianna really liked her and told her about Matthew and she always gets compliments on her Cape Cod bracelet from EVERYONE - so she then said to the Nurse...it's from Grammie...not Grampa! LOL

The NP was able to listen to her lungs which sounded clear, but then she looked into her nose, throat and ears. She's on meds for an ear infection right now, but her nose and throat are all puffy and red. So she said she definitely has allergies - now lets find out which ones! She explained that most doctors will do the "scratch test" but where Ari is so little, they wanted to do blood work instead. The blood test will test all of the same allergies as the scratch test, and you can add some too...so we added Dogs, Cats, Rabbits and Tree Nuts - on top of all of the other ones they test for. So she said that we could do Nebulizer Treatments for her when she does get this cough - so we'll see how that goes. She wants to see Ari in 6 months for a follow up.

As we were checking out they asked Ari if she wanted a sticker. She said yes please and can I have one for Matthew too? So she left there with 2 princess stickers for her and 2 Diego stickers for Matthew.

So...then we headed to the lab. We got to ride in the elevator and she was having a lot of fun. I told her that this is where she and Matthew were born and she was really excited! We headed into the lab and it was her turn to get blood work done. She sat on my lap and held my hand. The lab techs were talking to her about her stickers and they stuck the needle in her arm. They had to take 5 vials of blood out of her little arm! Ari talked to the lab techs and laughed with them the entire time! Not once did she shed a tear! AMAZING!!! Once they were done taking the blood, she go her bright orange band aid and we were on our way!

We walked around the atrium of the hospital for a few minutes and were going to go in to see the babies, but where it is so secure I didn't want to bother the nurses. We then went off to CVS to pick up her prescription. Since she was SUCH a good girl, Mommy let her pick out some M&M's and of course she had to get a bag for Matthew - and she even got a candy bar for Daddy!