My 6 year old has been really ill over the summer, she’s developed high anxiety, following illness. She needs blood tests to find out what’s going on. She’s petrified of getting them done, I tried with her, was very positive, brought along a little bag full of a few, new toys to open to distract her. She got in the chair but then was hysterical, wouldn’t let us anywhere near her and it was impossible to hold her down, I just couldn’t do that as I could see the anxiety was just far too high.
The dr has suggested we give a small
amount of diazepam beforehand and said she’ll probably be asleep for it, this seems an extreme thing to do, is it? has anyone else done it? She really needs these tests.