Nobody makes Hailey bleed her own blood! NOBODY!

Last week, the day Hailey returned to school after being absent for a stomach bug she was sent home with a rash. The next day we visited the doctor to find out what the rash was, and to get a note for Hailey to return to school.

The doctor believes that Hailey has developed a nickel allergy, and that if we can keep the buttons on her jeans from touching her skin, she should be fine. She did, however, want to give Hailey a shot of steroids.

The moment she said "shot" my stomach dropped.

This was HAILEY we were talking about. The girl who can face plant on concrete and not shed a tear, the girl who has endured burns that I didn't even know about until I saw the blister, because they didn't even bother her. The girl who didn't even flinch when she had her ears pierced. But this was also the girl that despite all those things, is DEATHLY AFRAID of needles.

The little girl that took SIX people to hold down in order for her to receive her kindergarten vaccinations.

I just knew we were going to have a battle on our hands.

I couldn't have been more wrong. When the nurse came in with the shot, I could see the anxiety in Hailey. But she crawled up on my lap like a brave little trooper and waited.

I waited. I waited for the thrashing, and the kicking. I was prepared to wrap my legs and arms around her at any given moment. When the nurse came to swab the area I just knew that would be enough to send Hailey into hysterics.

It didn't.

The nurse swabbed the area, and counted to 3, and gave Hailey the shot. By the time anything even registered on Hailey's face it was over. The nurse pulled out the needle and said, "Look! There's not even any blood! Look at that!". She put a band-aid just in case, and we were on our way.

Hailey was SO INCREDIBLY proud of herself! Almost as much as I was proud of her. She couldn't wait to tell everyone she came across that she had a shot today, and she didn't kick, or scream, or cry! No one had to hold her down!

That was last week.

I haven't heard anymore about our brave little Hailey in several days now, and just assumed she had moved on and forgotten her awesome achievement.

Once again, Hailey has proved me wrong. She hasn't forgotten. But not because she was a brave little girl, who got over her greatest fear. Not because for the first time in her life she didn't need to be held down for a shot. No, she remembered for an entirely different reason.

"Mommy, sometimes when Joshua gets mad at me he says that he wishes I weren't here." Hailey came up to me this morning to tell me.

"I'm worried that his wish is coming true mom. I have already lost my blood mommmy, what if it doesn't come back? What will I lose next? I didn't even bleed when I got that shot. That means I have no more blood. I'm scared that Joshua really is going to wish me away!"

Oh bless her little 5 year old heart!

All this time she has had it in her head that she no longer has blood in her body! That her brother must be wishing her away one element at a time!

I know big brothers are notorious for saying such things, but good grief, poor Hailey has been in fear of disappearing for a week now!

Sweet girl, you aren't going anywhere! Trust me, if siblings wishes really came true, I would have never made it out of Elementary school. ;)

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