RE: Sedation during tests?? was Re: tobramycin/Roxxe

December 31, 2003

Hopefully, one of these times it will just be ok. I remember going through

the stages of not being able to swallow pills. And always having to have

some type of applesauce or something to dissolve the pills in. We tried

everything. One day she was eating some fruit cocktail and swallowed a

piece of fruit whole. From that day forward she has been able to swallow

pills. Funny huh! The other thing I remember is that when we would go to

clinic and have blood drawn that she would sit up on the table or in the

chair and I would have to hold her other hand or she would lay her head on

my shoulder. She would tell the technician that they should count 1-2-3

before sticking her. She still does that to this day and she is 18. I

don't have any answers I just wish it wasn't this hard for you and him.

Good Luck.

Tina W.

Sedation during tests?? was Re: tobramycin/Roxxe

We've tried EMLA cream AND bribery - everything from

candy/Mc's/trips to the Science Center/new GameBoy Games/and

the list goes on. We've tried threats, too.

The EMLA cream makes his arm red, too. I think it just does that

with everyone. He's been wildly phobic of needles since he got

stitches in his mouth. If I told him today that we will be getting

blood drawn in two weeks, he would cry everyday until then begging

not to go. I've tried the " firm " approach and it always ends up

with me and a lab tech and a nurse holding a screaming kid down

while another lab tech sticks the arm. When he was two or three, I

just figured it was something to get through. Now he's five (almost

six) and he's big and strong and it's gotten to the point that it's

a real stress. If there is an easier way...

Thanks for the suggestions.

~

> Sometimes, you just have

> to be firm. Have you tried bribery?

>

> Tina W.

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