Re: Cast removal question - Thanks everyone

[Guest guest]

Thanks everyone. The pediatrician told me they wouldn't be able to

draw enough blood unless they did the heel stick. Maybe I'll see if

they can send me to a lab so they can draw it from his arm. I know

his feet are sensitive when they remove the casts so I hate to think

about him going through the blood draw

[Guest guest]

oh good lord, it's just a PKU. It's a cardboard card with 4 circular

spots on it. Prick the heel (it bleeds well) and you dab the heel

onto those spots till they're completely full (can even go outside of

the circle). Yes, they do need quite a bit of blood to fill up all 4

circles because it's on cardboard but in all seriousness... it could

be done another way. Heel prick bleeds well and goes the

fastest. That's the only limitation. Don't tell me they can't get

blood from a vein for this if needed.

ANYONE can do this. There are nurses at the ortho office

perhaps? They can do it, you can do it. duh...

sorry but I can't imagine this would be difficult. They GIVE me this

card when I go home from the hospital every time I have a child. If

it were that particular, they would not be letting some mom haul it

home to be brought back to a future ped appointment. Don't let them

push you on this one, you can find a way to do it when they change the cast.

Kori

At 07:45 PM 1/17/2006, you wrote:

>Thanks everyone. The pediatrician told me they wouldn't be able to

>draw enough blood unless they did the heel stick. Maybe I'll see if

>they can send me to a lab so they can draw it from his arm. I know

>his feet are sensitive when they remove the casts so I hate to think

>about him going through the blood draw

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[Guest guest]

Aleksander had blood drawn at one of his recent well-baby visits.

They took quite a bit from his finger. I was surprised that they

chose to do that, but they said it was the least painful. Perhaps

for the stick, but when they held his hand and squeezed his finger

for several minutes, I started to doubt it.

Regardless, I do think it is possible to get quite a bit of blood

from the finger too.

> >Thanks everyone. The pediatrician told me they wouldn't be able to

> >draw enough blood unless they did the heel stick. Maybe I'll see

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> >they can send me to a lab so they can draw it from his arm. I know

> >his feet are sensitive when they remove the casts so I hate to

think

> >about him going through the blood draw

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