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Thanks, Tonya! I finally mustered up the courage to put aside the needle

shield and give him a shot without it again. It worked - it didn't hurt!

I also did the inside of the leg this time. I think it was less the needle

hurting him than my pressure to make sure that shield was fully compressed

for 6 seconds.

Inga

At 01:46 PM 8/6/2005 -0700, you wrote:

>No, I personally don't use the needle shield. I've tried it a few times, but

>it seemed to make it harder for me. It's just easier for me personally to

>see what I'm doing. We are on 6 clicks also. Yeah if he did wake up that

>would be a pretty rude awakening. I'm sorry I don't have any advice on the

>needle shield, I've never been to successful with it. I've heard quite a few

>people say the Injectease is better,but don't really know since I've never

>tried it.Good Luck. I guess I'm lucky that I have no needle fears. Aubrey

>was in NICU 3 months and has been in hospital few other times and ER a lot.

>So if I had one before after all that, I'm over it.

>Tonya

>

>Inga wrote:

>Tonya,

>

>Tim is 10 yrs old - he has been on GH since he turned 7. One problem is

>that he's up to 6 clicks again. It gets really bad when he gets closer to

>10 clicks. We have started over before with a new size vial, and that

>helped a lot because the number of clicks thus the number of seconds I need

>to hold it in decreased. Part of the problem may be that I hold it in so

>the needle shield stays compressed and just don't seem to have the touch

>lately for it not to hurt. I'm afraid I'd wake him up in a rude way

>because of that. I think I have the video in a box in the garage. I'm

>seriously considering the Inject-Ease now, though, as long as I don't have

>to see the needle. Well, maybe if I practiced seeing the needle in a

>fruit, I could get over my skittishness. Do you use the needle sheild?

>

>Inga

>

>At 08:04 PM 8/5/2005 -0700, you wrote:

>>Inga,

>>How old is Tim? Aubrey's 3 and we use the Humatrope pen and it works pretty

>>well if I do it while she's asleep. I'm not sure if all the needles on the

>>pen are the same size, but the bigger ones hurt worse. We use a 30 gauge

>>needle on her pen. Did you get a video with your pen? If so I would watch it

>>again and see if it helps. Before I could muster up the courage to give

>>Aubrey her first shot, I had to watch the video like 10 times. I started out

>>trying to hold her down while she was awake and give her shot to her, but it

>>was a nightmare. One night I decided to do it while she was asleep so I

>>wouldn't have to sit on her 20 lb body and try to fight her hands, and oddly

>>enough she slept through it. I just kept giving it to her in her sleep and

>>most generally she never wakes up. I have the video still if you need it I

>>can probably mail it or something. It may be of little help. Good Luck.

>>Tonya mom to Aubrey

>>

>>Inga wrote:

>>I've been struggling with shots again. I may need to lighten my touch, but I

>>often think the meds don't go in right when I make attempts - sigh, maybe I

>>need nurse training - on an apple or something? Our son is feeling pretty

>>upset about this now. I used to use something like EMLA, but it didn't

>seem so

>>needed awhile back, so I stopped.

>>

>>I'm wondering if anybody has any other creams they like. I don't think Tim

>>would do well with shots in his sleep. We might want to go to the Inject

Ease

>>or something - right now we have Humatrope with the pen.

>>

>>I saw this deal on the web for the Emla:

>>https://www.planetdrugsdirect.com/store/searchresults.aspx?searchstring=emla

>>

>>Has anybody tried this company or have any ideas about how good they'd be?

>>

>>Well, there's my sleugh of questions. Any insights would be appreciated!

>>

>>Inga

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