19- "Can I hold your hand?"


The nurse called Austin. He stood up and motioned to Ally to follow him. The nurse led them to a little room.

"Mr. Moon, sit on the red chair." The nurse placed on the table blood collection tubes, a tourniquet and the needle to draw his blood. He sat on it and waited for the nurse to begin. "Can I hold your hand?" Austin asked Ally as the nurse entered the room again. She nodded and gave him her hand. The nurse took Austin's right arm and started looking for a vein. When she found one, she tied the tourniquet on his forearm.

"Please put your hand into a fist." The nurse ordered. She dabbed an alcohol pad on his arm. Ally got a bit closer to him and he rested his head on her stomach. He was scared of needles. "You're going to feel a little pinch..." She inserted the needle on his arm. She started to collect his blood on the tubes. When she was done, she drew the needle from his arm and threw it away on the medical waste basket.

The nurse placed a circular Band-Aid on his arm. "We're done." The nurse went to the computer and printed out a paper. She handed it to Ally. "You can pic up the results on Thursday." Ally nodded and thanked the nurse. Austin stood up, still holding her hand.

They got out of the clinic and went to grab something to eat since Austin was fasting for the test. Ally smiled at his face when he saw her walking to their table with their food. He devoured two hamburgers, his fries and some of Ally's fries from Wendy's.


I'm so sorry this is so short and that I haven't been updating. Although I leaned something today: CBC stands for Complete Blood Count.