Happy Birthday Sylvie

Today is Sylvie's Third Birthday!
I just put Emla cream on her chest but as a consolation prize, Sylvie gets to wear her sparkly blue skirt and go to the sticker store AFTER a hopefully quick trip to the hospital for Sylvie's pre-admission blood tests and a possible run of magnesium.

Yesterday, Sylvie also went to the hospital for her Monday labs. Mag was low, 1.2 but better than last week's rock bottom 0.2. Annette asked us to double the current dose which is practically impossible. It means that we have to fill two oral syringes full of pink stuff and hope for the best.

Annette is the advance practice nurse who we work with in the clinic. Like Marianne and Ellen (upstairs APNs), she's very smart, very sharp, I like her. And yesteday, I liked her even more. Everyone in clinic knew it was Sylvie's birthday and they asked permission if they could 'do something.' Of course I said! Sylvie and I ran to the cafeteria where of course, they didn't have an egg wrap so Sylvie opted for a cholesterol-lover's meal of mozzarella sticks and french fries. Sylvie marveled at the fish tank.

We returned, went back into an exam room where lo and behold, Annette and about 10 Reuten Clinic faves including Nurse Suzanne and Child Life social worker Heidi (Siobhan was off yesterday but had the party supplies in advance) came in singing Happy Birthday pushing a cart adorned with a princess table cloth, tiaras, matching plates, cups and napkins. In the middle was a GIANT cake shaped like a cupcake covered with whipped cream, pink & purple sprinkles. Even hard to please Sylvie was overhwlmed! So, it wasn't too bad spending half the day there yesterday.

I am hoping today is a quick in and out.

I wrote in Sylvie's birthday card, among other things, this:
ONE DAY YOU WILL WRITE A BOOK AND CALL IT 'EVERYTHING I KNOW, I LEARNED WHEN I WAS THREE."