Sedation during tests?? was Re: tobramycin/Roxxe

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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.