Flashback Friday - Bloodwork Cartoon Edition

When I was in high school, I had to get my bloodwork done twice a week down the street from my school. So during lunch hour on Tuesdays and Thursdays I would go to the clinic and wait to get stuck with a needle instead of eating junk food like a normal kid.
This was ok though.
The ladies there were always incredible. They were kind, funny, and quick.
Best of all though, they used to put up all sorts of cheesy cartoons on a corkboard in front of the two rooms designated for taking blood.
Cartoons like an actual cat performing a 'cat' scan, the inspiration "be like a duck, be calm on the surface, but paddle like hell underneath", a guy covered in tattoos telling the doctor how terrified he is of needles as he is getting vaccinated, and those are just a few that I remember from that cork board. From as long as 17 years ago!
It was a bright spot to read those comics and laugh as my blood was drawn.
The other upside was that these ladies were very good. Sometimes I wouldn't even feel being jabbed. I'm pretty sure the one phlebotomist used pediatric needles to draw my blood.
All of those kindnesses make a difference. You get enough people taking the extra step to make these medical tests easier and they add up to make chronic illness just a little bit more bearable.
:)