well, e got his first infusion yesterday. i have got to say that emla cream is nothing short of amazing. we have had some toruble with the nurse that was supposed to come out here, so i took him to st. joe's until we can find someone that is on board with the way we choose to access his port. when it was time to lay him on the table he got really nervous...he knows that usually means a lot of poking to get an iv in. plus, there was a nurse (that he has never met before) holding him down with her "hug" and she was wearing a mask. we were soon able to distract his apprehension and anxiety by singing "head, shoulder, knees and toes" and he didn't even notice when sara accessed his port with the needle. in fact, he didn't notice she was doing anything at all. it was great.
now i just need to get comfortable with all of this so that i can go ahead and start giving him the infusions.
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- I am a 31 year-old wife and mother of two. I live a standard suburban life where I spend my days shuffling my oldest to school, playing with and teaching my youngest, making meals, cleaning messes, kissing boo-boos, playing with our dogs, taking a little time to work out and trying to keep it all balanced without losing my head. I have very little to complain about and so much to be thankful for. I'm a pretty easy person to get to know, and even easier to get along with. I'm a little bit quirky, but I like that about myself.
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Yea, great job! Once they have had the Emla cream long enough, they have ZERO fear of the stick. Reece actually get's excited when we stick him. He runs to the chair and says "pup" meaning up :o) It also helped us to sit him up in our lap instead of laying down. He seemed less anxious that way. Anywho, keep up the good work!
Congratulations! Hopefully your experience will be like ours and things will be noticebly easier from here out. Our home health care people have been great:
http://www.hemophiliahealth.com/home.html
I don't know if you can choose, but I would highly reccomend them.
Our son just acts like its another routine in his life now. We give him the treatment in his high chair, with it slightly reclined. When possible, one of us will distract him with a book and the other will access his port, but we have done it solo with help from the TV. The biggest issue for us is to keep the site sterile by not letting him touch things.
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