"Better to be Safe than Sorry"

Laurisa had open heart surgery over 7 years ago and for three years after had chest pain that started in her back every few months as a complication. For the past 4 years she has been so healthy, so yesterday when she woke with the pain in her back it had me a bit concerned. She tried not to let me know about it because she didn't want me to worry. So this morning when she still had it I called her cardiologist to see what we should do. He told me to go to the E.R. and have some tests done.I just couldn't wait to have Laurisa come home and tell her we needed to run some tests....I just knew she would be so excited! She actually agreed, so we went to lunch and then I took her to the E.R. The pain had gone away by this point, but I told her, "it would be better to be safe than sorry", since we haven't had tests run for over four years.
When we got there we thought we would do a few tests and be out of there---wrong! They admitted us and started hooking her up with all these tubes and wires. You should have seen the look on her face when they put oxygen tubes in her nose. We both started laughing and couldn't stop the whole three hours in the hospital! We had so much fun cracking jokes with each other and reading our books while cuddled togehter in the hospital bed in blankets. I could have fun doing anything with this girl, she makes everything fun! I kept telling the different nurses that my daughter feels fine and is going to be so mad at me doing this to her and they kept saying,"Better to be Safe than Sorry!!! Sorry Laurisa but it made for a fun memory!
The thing I feel the worst about is that she has to go tomorrow and have her blood drawn again for a volunteer internship program she was accepted in to work at the hospital. I told her she is the bravest girl I know and now will know what it feels like to be on the other end when she helps patients!