Re: Mimi- Use EMLA or Ela Max

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To piggyback on 's post, I use a product called Gebauer's Ethyl

Chloride. I have

posted about this before, but I like it so much that I will share info again.

It is a topical

anesthetic skin refrigerant. I got this from 's doctor's office. You

probably need a

prescription for this, though I am not sure. I was amazed at how well this

worked. This is

a REALLY COLD liquid that you spray on the area prior to the stick. It burns a

teeny bit

just for a second, but works instantaneously. You don't have to wait 30 minutes

for this to

kick in. We went from screaming bloody murder every month with the Lupron shots

to not

even a flinch. Those of you who have kids on Lupron Depot know how long the

needle is

& how much it hurts as it is an intramuscular injection. Now takes his

Lupron

shots with no problems.

Kim C.

> > Hi all-

> >

> > Just need to vent and ask a question..but first the vent part!

> >

> > We are in the process of selling our home and looking for a new

> > place to live which is sooo stressful and I am now workin 3, 8

> hour

> > days per week.And on my days " off " we have endocrine appts,

> > pediatric weight checks, etc, etc. Since Isaac has hypothyroidism

> > they have to check his TSH levels every other month which means

> that

> > have to draw blood. I drive about 30 minutes to take him to the

> > children's hospital in Ft. Worth because they only deal with

> > kids..so you would think they would be able to do it. This last

> time

> > they poked him in each arm and couldn't get a vein so they cut his

> > heel and squeezed a full tube out..It took 30 minutes and he

> > screamed like you wouldn't believe. This is the 2nd time in a row

> > they have done this. When he had his OT appt. this last week she

> > noticed that he is still not wanting to bear any weight on his

> legs.

> > In fact if you touch his feet he curls his toes and turns them

> > outward. She thinks that the heel poking is causing a sensory

> > problem and that he is resisting anything to do with his feet

> > because he associates them with pain. So not only do I worry

> about

> > his developmental delays due to the RSS but this is something that

> > is affecting him that shouldn't.

> >

> > On top of all that, my cat has been peeing out side of the litter

> > box so I took her to the vet because that usually means a urinary

> > tract infection and they told me to get a urine sample!! They gave

> > me a little squeezy thing and a container and told me that it

> would

> > be void if it was refrigerated longer than 12 hours!

> >

> > Driving home from the vet I just laughed as I thought about all of

> > the insanity that we go through...I had to laugh because if I

> didn't

> > the overwhelming feeling would make me cry. I feel like the

> > Tazmanian devil about 98% of the time..anyone feel the same way?

> >

> > Well if you don't maybe you can tell me how the heck am I supposed

> > to lean a catbox on some phone books and have her pee there so I

> can

> > squeeze it up and make sure to keep in the fridge no longer than

> 12

> > hours!!!

> >

> > Enough of that...now my question-

> >

> >

> >

> >

> > I thought I read somewhere on a previous message that RSS babies

> > teeth don't come in at the " usual " places sometimes. Usually

> babies

> > get their " front teeth " on their lower jaw first. Maybe I was just

> > dreaming..Isaac is teething but I can't tell which tooth is trying

> > to " come out " . I am assuming it's teething because he will be 7

> mos

> > on Thursday and he is drooling like you wouldn't believe! Betcha I

> > could fill up a bucket....to bad the vet won't take a drool

> > sample!!

> >

> > Thanks for listening!

> >

> > Mimi

> > (Mom to Isaac, RSS, Hypothyroidism)