Connor had the unique opportunity today to visit our lab at the hospital. This was specially set up for him on his day off from school. When he arrived he was given his very own lab coat with his name on it. He went through four different areas; hematology, microbiology, chemistry and blood bank. He spent the majority of the day in the microbiology area learning about how to run different tests and actually running them. He can run a rapid strep now! He got to use the training microscope to see all kinds of different plates and was even able to run some of his own experiments. He tested his own blood they drew and doing swabs of things he dropped on the floor for 5 and 10 seconds to test "the rule". He had an absolute BALL and is even more sure now he wants to be a scientist. He's headed back to the hospital tomorrow to see if his experiments have grown anything. He is so cute, took notes and came home and read me his notes and showed me all the pictures he drew of what he saw. What an amazing learning experience for him.
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