hey Dansta, my DD was originally diagnosed with global developmental delay, now CP. she has had hundreds of blood tests and they have always done a heel ***** or finger ***** (except when she had a line in). she is 3, had a blood test in December and they tried to do it the adult way with the tournaque (sp?!) and needle and failed miserably! she went nuts as soon as it tightened. they ended up doing the finger ***** - took waaaay longer but DD was fine, whinged when they first *****ed her, then was a bit squirmy so we sang songs, she played with a doll and my keys, and was overall not too bad. this was for 4 vial thingys of blood. the lady taking the blood and I had blood everywhere from her wriggling and pulling her hand away, but she was fine lol. for mri's DD still gets knocked out as there is no way she will stay still or really understand what is going on.

DD generally seems to handle tests etc much better than I do, but I think really picks up if I am anxious or stressed by it. She also goes to an early intervention program run by a special ed unit at our local primary school. she gets speechy, ot, physio, and there is a special needs teacher and teacher aide. until she was 3 i went with her, now she goes on her own and LOVES it!

Do you need to get genetic testing done also? eye and hearing tests are a PITA, and we are yet to get a conclusive results cos she is just too hard to assess. in regards to hearing test, too old for the newborn one, and too young (developmentally) for the older child one......HTH