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Advice needed for blood draw / 2nd appointment with psychiatrist
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<blockquote data-quote="DammitJanet" data-source="post: 384078" data-attributes="member: 1514"><p>You may want to ask for the IV specialist because they are the best of the bunch for blood draws. After I was in the hospital so long with the meningitis my veins started collapsing left and right and they just couldnt get blood out of me all the time the way they needed to every day. They were sticking me so many times. I finally put my foot down and said I wasnt taking it anymore and would only allow the IV team in to do blood draws anymore. They got witchy with me but it was my arms they were hurting. They were actually black and blue. </p><p></p><p>The cream is good if the doctor will rx it. They try to tell me they dont have it. Hah...I know better. I tell them we can sit here for hours and argue the point...lol. I have gotten much better now though.</p><p></p><p>One thing you can do is even after you get all that stuff on that will make him numb is to distract him from watching what is going on. Get on the side that they arent drawing and show him a video on your cell phone...or a new toy or something that he needs to watch on the opposite side from the needle. My phone shows tv so I would put disney on tv and put it over on the opposite side. Or bring an Ipod that shows videos and let him watch one on there.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DammitJanet, post: 384078, member: 1514"] You may want to ask for the IV specialist because they are the best of the bunch for blood draws. After I was in the hospital so long with the meningitis my veins started collapsing left and right and they just couldnt get blood out of me all the time the way they needed to every day. They were sticking me so many times. I finally put my foot down and said I wasnt taking it anymore and would only allow the IV team in to do blood draws anymore. They got witchy with me but it was my arms they were hurting. They were actually black and blue. The cream is good if the doctor will rx it. They try to tell me they dont have it. Hah...I know better. I tell them we can sit here for hours and argue the point...lol. I have gotten much better now though. One thing you can do is even after you get all that stuff on that will make him numb is to distract him from watching what is going on. Get on the side that they arent drawing and show him a video on your cell phone...or a new toy or something that he needs to watch on the opposite side from the needle. My phone shows tv so I would put disney on tv and put it over on the opposite side. Or bring an Ipod that shows videos and let him watch one on there. [/QUOTE]
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