Lesson learned
August 7, 2008 on 7:28 pm | In random |Wanna know why I have a big round bruise on my hand, and one on the inside of each arm? Well, if you ever have to have blood drawn for any reason, never go near closing time, especially if you have bad veins. Because the lady who took my blood, she was not afraid of going in after the vein. Yeah, and after finally finding it on the third attempt, moving the needle around to keep the blood coming.
Ouch indeed. I’m just proud that I didn’t faint.
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Yikes!
I hate having my blood taken, and it looks like I get to have it done twice this week. Tuesday I had some drawn and this particular nurse makes me squeeze one of those stress balls, even though a really nice vein is already very clearly visible and easily accessable. When she does it it always hurts and I’m always left with a bruise.
Comment by Reese — August 7, 2008 #
Ugh, that’s horrible. Drink plenty of liquids before you go. My problem is that I never feel thirsty, so I have to remind myself to drink something.
I never had to squeeze a stress ball, but she did tie off my wrist so she could take blood from my hand. Good times.
Comment by Wendy W — August 8, 2008 #
When I lived in Alaska, I had to go get an IV for something and it took the kid (yes, he was maybe 20) 3 or 4 attempts to try and get the needle in. They ended up giving me some other kind of meds because he couldn’t get it right and by that time I was pretty upset.
Comment by Ryan — August 10, 2008 #