Day 226 - 💉 Blood Work, 🤟 Sign Language, & 👂Hearing Success!
Friday, August 13th, 2021 💉 Mom requested that James get Versed for his blood labs. It takes 15 minutes to kick in. Unfortunately they didn't wait and immediately started with sticking him. Mom sounds like a broken record everytime they need to do labs, letting them know that James is a hard stick, his veins are branched out, he is strong, that they will get the catheter in and then he will pull and you'll lose it if there aren't enough people holding him down. Every single time they have to stick him multiple times and say, "Man he is strong". Yes, now can someone make a note in his chart after 8 months? He was stuck 3 times. The first tube clotted so they needed to draw again. Mom asked if they could check for Factor V Leiden which is a clotting disorder that she has; there is a 50% chance that it gets passed down to James. 😷 Covid is rampant here in the PICU. Our neighbors have it and the staff has to where isolation gowns when entering. 😬 💩 Gave James a g...