Mimi- Use EMLA or Ela Max

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Mimi and everyone -

Every one of our children who is getting a blood draw or a major

shot should be able to use EMLA or Ela-Max. Poor Isaac and poor

you!!!!

Both products are numbing cream, that you put on about 30 minutes or

longer before the " event " -- and a plastic bandage gets placed over

it (or you can simply wrap saran wrap over it). You go into the

doctor or the blood draw early, and ask them where they are going to

do the draw. then you place the cream, and go for a walk somewhere.

It numbs the skin.

EMLA is prescriptive. From family referrals, it seems to work

deeper, and works better at 30 minutes or longer. However, it is

vasicular constricting (makes the veins smaller) so if you have a

child whose veins tend to collapse or are small anyway, you may not

have the best luck with this one.

ELA-MAX is over the counter, although you will have to probably ask

the pharmacist to order it. Amount -- in a small tube you might use

the size of 2 quarters. This product tends to work a bit faster

than EMLA I have heard, but doesn't go as deep, but it NOT non-

vasicular constricting.

We have used both for . It is such a psychological boost as

well. We used it at home first, to show her how it " numbed " her

skin. Then she was so much more relaxed. Now when she has to have

an IV or something, she asks for her cream. Without the cream, I

have to hold her down screaming. I know it doesn't hurt as much,

but because she is screaming and clenching, it makes the pain more,

and makes it harder to get the blood draw or the IV in.

Katy and I try and include this info in every MAGIC newsletter but I

know that it probably gets missed as it is at the end of our section.

I would HIGHLY recommend using this for Isaac.

> 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)