long night

my nephew has been having tummy aches for the past two nights and he's been a bit feverish that last night when he woke up complaining again, we decided to bring him to the ER of the Asian Hospital. it was around 10pm that time and i was getting ready for bed already because i was planning to wake up around 4am to work on some stuff. the doctor ordered a blood test (cbc) and urinalysis (we got him checked-up that morning also and the doctor suggested urinalysis) to hopefully figure out what's wrong with him. take a needle to a 4 year old kid and you know how they will react. i myself, even having a high tolerance for pain, wince at the sight of a needle going through my skin. the nurse managed to get some blood the first time but since jacob was moving a lot, the needle must have dislodged and the extract wasn't enough for the test. they had to call in two additional nurses to sort of "restrain" our little boy and "mummify" him with the blanket so they can get the blood extract. the sight of my nephew crying and calling at me for help is heartbreaking. for a 4yo, all they know is that this is painful and they look at you to protect them from it. i had to hug him after that and it took him a good while before he agreed to lie down on the hospital bed again. the cbc checked out ok but it was hard to get urine sample at this time so we tried waiting. i was dead tired around 2am that i decided to try get some rest at the car. the doctor said we can just go back in the morning to submit the urine sample and we can take my nephew home. it has been a long night and we got home around 330am.

my brain feels like jell-o right now. i managed to attend my 7am meeting and have enough energy to stay focused. right now, all i really care about is my nephew getting back to good health.