Breaking the first wall <| sep |> luckily here in the great white north , we have families with small children parking as well . so as long as I keep the car seat in the back . I ' m golden . <| sep |> Hotter than I anticipated . but lots of flavor <| sep |> I ended up celebrating my birthday yesterday after all , since my friends wouldn ' t let me get away with not doing anything . Gotta love them . Whoop whoop , going camping in the garden tonight . Who said getting older meant getting less childlike ? <| sep |> Anytime an IV is started the first thing that gets pushed through it is normal saline the salt water in question to test the vein and IV . If for some reason the vein blows , or the IV site isn ' t patent won ' t flow correctly a little bit of salt water in your arm won ' t make a hill of beans in the long run , but a medication that ' s outside the vein at very least isn ' t getting circulated through your system and at worst can do some really serious tissue damage .