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YouRat · 10/08/2017 18:16

So my dd 15 has been admitted into hospital again. She's been unbelievably difficult recently. With so much pinching and biting and screaming. Really violent behaviour. When I'm usually in a&e they take lots of bloods from her. But she hates it. The nurses don't seem to like to hold her while they take her blood so I end up having to hold her down and it's so traumatic for me. She's absolutely fine afterwards it's just the process of the blood taking that irritates her (as it would ). Should I just say that the nurses should actually do this since they deal with this more often and not they know better ways to restrain her then me lying on her hand while getting my skin peeled off by her nails ? I feel bad for asking but I'm literally drained out.

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eggsandwich · 10/08/2017 19:31

Hi sorry you've been having a tough time, I remember when my now 17 year old son had to have blood taken to check his iron and vitamin levels as he was/is though a lot better fussy eater.

Basically My son was about 5 years old and I had too pin him down, there were ridiculously amount of people in the room while my Dh was looking after our young Dd outside the room.

This nurse though I know she meant well kept flapping about with toys in front of him, my son was so strong it took all my strength to keep him still, in hi-sight I would've got my Dh to take on my role. In the end I told them all to get on with taking his blood!!!

Ironically they said how well I had done in keeping him still, but if they had stopped faffing about it wouldn't of been half as difficult.

Fast forward to when my Ds was about 6 years old he had an operation on both of his calves to loosen his tendons as he was a serious toe walker, I had to pin him down again.

My son is now 17 and should he need any blood taken or operations, it will need someone with more strength than me too assist.

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YouRat · 10/08/2017 20:56

Thanks for the reply . Well I've had to hold her down again. . But she wasn't too bad today but that could be because she's been so ill she has no strength. My dh is at home with my other dc ATM. I wish he was here with me but that's life. My dd has had operation also to loosen her tendons in her calves. (what a coincidence)And yes it was a battle at that time too. It's just a nightmare to have to deal with this when you're all alone and stressed when there are son many professionals here who do this all day long. My dd is incredibly strong too.