Gage's testing

Gage survived his tests although it took the best of him.  We arrived at 7am and they put us in a Mavericks room...was very impressed by this hospital which is one we had never been to before.  There was a Wii set up for him to play so immediately he started playing.  The nurse put a numbing patch on his arm before placing the IV.  He got really scared when he saw the needle for the IV and cried a little.  He did not feel it though and was happy to learn that they would not have to stick him anymore.  The nurse took blood and then gave him a medication through his IV. He was not able to play the Wii with his IV in so he watched some Scooby Doo videos. She came back and took blood 30 mins later and then had him swallow 3 tiny pills.  He has never swallowed pills before but did great.  He was getting bored of watching TV so we read books.  She came again in 30 mins & took more blood..waited 30 more minutes and then took blood again.  She then wanted him to swallow 2 capsules.  Really?! He's 7! It took some time (and crying) but he finally got the 2 pills down and was NOT happy and ready to leave the hospital.  The first med had kicked in and he was getting sleepy, cranky, and hungry. I layed down beside him and he went to sleep in less than 5 minutes.  The nurse took blood 3 more times in 30 minute intervals and he slept through it all. ;)  He finally started waking a little when the nurse said she just needed to make sure lab got all they needed and then we would be free to go.  We were released about 1:30pm and Gage was not looking good.  I had to carry him to the car and his lips were white and face completely pale.  He immediately fell back to sleep in the car and every once in awhile would cry out that his stomach hurt.  He had requested Sonic so once we got his food he ate maybe 5 fries and drank a little of his chocolate milk and went back to sleep.  He slept the whole hour car ride home.  Once home he started perking up and went upstairs to play...about 30 minutes later I went looking for him and could not find him and he was not answering when I called his name.  On my 2nd search of the house I found him sitting on the floor in the playroom.  He said he answered me but it looked as though he had been sleeping so I brought him downstairs.  He cried about his belly more but refused to eat or drink anything.  He fell back to sleep from about 5-6:30pm and finally ate and had some energy back to play on the Wii.  It was pitiful to see him that way because he's always so energetic and talkative.  By the next morning he was back to normal Gage! We go in 3 weeks to hear the results.