frustrated

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I felt so frustrated today. I took my three kids in for their monthly

labs. The lab we use only had one person working today. My 10 and 8 yr

olds did beautifully, but my 6 yr old has been upset about the idea of

the " poke " for a few days. I cant say I blame him.....the kid has had

more pokes in his little life than most adults have ever had!!

Anyway, I guess he's decided that enough is enough. He squirmed,

kicked, thrashed, screamed, cried, and generally did whatever he could

do in order to not get his poke. At first, the tech was ok, just

telling him to be quiet, and she'd get done fast. He asked her

repeatedly to do it in his hand(bc thats where he always gets his IV

done) but for whatever reason, she kept telling him NO. She insisted

on it being in his upper arm, and then she told me, I needed to hold

him....she wanted me to hold his two flailing legs, his free arm, AND

his elbow and hand on the arm getting the stick. When that failed, she

raised her voice, and told me if I couldnt do it, I would have to

leave. She ripped off her gloves and Brennans tourniquet, and stomped

off. I wasnt quite sure what to do, so I waited......she came back a

few minutes later and said we'd try again. So, we did, Brennan was

still hysterical, and wiggly. Again, she raised her voice, basically

yelling at my six yr old for not holding still, ripped off her gloves

and threw them, and told me to take him and leave, and not to come

back unless I had someone with me who was strong enough to hold him

still.

I DID feel somewhat frustrated with my son, but he IS only six yrs

old. But the tech is an adult, and this is her job. I cant believe we

got kicked out of Quest. And why is she there alone? shouldnt there

always be another person to help? what would she do if someone passed

out or otherwise got sick?

Im going to try to get ahold of our ID Dr. tomorrow, and see if he

will order some lidocaine or lmx or something for him. Previously he's

hated Emla.....what he calls " sticky whipped cream! " , but he NEEDS to

get these labs done.

Just a rant, I guess.

valarie

mom to 3 w/cvid