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There are few procedures tougher to do on kids than drawing blood or starting an i.v. For a young doctor who only has done them with cooperative adults, little kids bring challenges not known in medical school. For one thing, kids fight back. Hitting a vein and stabilizing it in a moving target is not easy. A fighting chubby two-year-old is worse than a premie, because even though a toddler’s has bigger veins, compared to a scrawny premature infant, a toddler’s veins crafty, because they hide in baby fat so there’s nothing to see.