[tri-med] Re: Bec's CT Scan

kam is horrible for drawing blood or iv's.  they have to use a head vein and 
it always freaks everyone out when i tell them.  but it doesnt bother her at 
all.
i dont know what the patch is?
jude, mom to derek-20, kelsey-18
and kameron-9-full t18
golden, colorado usa
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Catherine Trewin" <ctrewin@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <tri-med@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2006 3:40 PM
Subject: [tri-med] Re: Bec's CT Scan


> Well the actual Cat scan only took 5 minutes...almost took that long to 
> get
> a good vein but they did it. On the down side the contrast made Bec feel
> awful which made her mad which caused her to reach up and fold my
> glasses...something she does whenever she feels unwell :( which is pretty
> frequent when I think about it...anyway the arm came off this time so I am
> with out my bifocals :(
> But the cat scan is done and now just to wait out the results.
> I realized while they are trying to find her vein that I was going to try 
> an
> Emla patch this time but forgot all about it till we get to the hospital.
> Any one else use them? are they fool proof? I mean, if I use one, say on 
> the
> back of her hand which often seems to work as the best spot to get a vein
> what are the chances that they would have to use another spot anyway? Any
> experience out there?
>
> Catherine, mom of Becky (31yrs Trisomy 13 Mosaic)
>
>
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