I forgot to post this when I took Hailey into the doctor for her 15 month appointment.
We went the end of December. This was a "study visit" (Hailey is part of a study for a shot and this visit was one that she had to have blood drawn.)
The doctor portion of the visit went great. Dr. Dallen says all looks great with Hailey.
Then she got her 4 shots and that was not a pleasant experience.
But the worse part was when the study nurse came in to draw blood from Hailey. She looked at both arms, went for her left one and without luck couldn't get the vein. Hailey was screaming and I was trying to calm her down and hold her little arm so it wouldn't move while they were trying to retrieve blood. The nurse finally pulled out that needle, and we put a warm pack on her right arm hoping she would be able to find a vein there. She came back in about 10 minutes. As soon as she put the tourniquet on her right arm, the tears came fast and the screaming began. Hailey knew what was going to happen. It was heartbreaking to watch her go through that. The nurse tried to poke the vein and again failed at that attempt. The nurse was done, Hailey was done and so was I. I didn't want them trying again. And thank goodness she said that she was not going to try again to poke her.
We gathered up our stuff and left. Hailey calmed down pretty well once we got outside. But her poor little limbs looked like pin cushions. She had 4 bandaids between her 2 legs and 2 bandaids on her arms.
She got whatever she wanted to eat that day from all she went through.
We had to go back at the end of January for another try to get blood. When we walked into the room, the nurse looked at her arms and said, "I'm not even going to try today. She is done with the study!" I was so relieved at that. And so grateful she didn't try poking her arms again "just to see" if she could get a vein. I don't think I would do a study again that involves blood draws. It was not a fun experience. I'm glad the study is done with and she won't have to go through that again.
We went the end of December. This was a "study visit" (Hailey is part of a study for a shot and this visit was one that she had to have blood drawn.)
The doctor portion of the visit went great. Dr. Dallen says all looks great with Hailey.
Then she got her 4 shots and that was not a pleasant experience.
But the worse part was when the study nurse came in to draw blood from Hailey. She looked at both arms, went for her left one and without luck couldn't get the vein. Hailey was screaming and I was trying to calm her down and hold her little arm so it wouldn't move while they were trying to retrieve blood. The nurse finally pulled out that needle, and we put a warm pack on her right arm hoping she would be able to find a vein there. She came back in about 10 minutes. As soon as she put the tourniquet on her right arm, the tears came fast and the screaming began. Hailey knew what was going to happen. It was heartbreaking to watch her go through that. The nurse tried to poke the vein and again failed at that attempt. The nurse was done, Hailey was done and so was I. I didn't want them trying again. And thank goodness she said that she was not going to try again to poke her.
We gathered up our stuff and left. Hailey calmed down pretty well once we got outside. But her poor little limbs looked like pin cushions. She had 4 bandaids between her 2 legs and 2 bandaids on her arms.
She got whatever she wanted to eat that day from all she went through.
We had to go back at the end of January for another try to get blood. When we walked into the room, the nurse looked at her arms and said, "I'm not even going to try today. She is done with the study!" I was so relieved at that. And so grateful she didn't try poking her arms again "just to see" if she could get a vein. I don't think I would do a study again that involves blood draws. It was not a fun experience. I'm glad the study is done with and she won't have to go through that again.
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