Thursday, April 30, 2009

Life With A Newbie That Can't Draw Blood Correctly

So I had to take my glucose test this last week and get my blood drawn on Monday. They were also testing my iron, thyroid and vitamin D so they took 6 viles of blood! (I'm all good! little low on iron but just need to eat more red meat!) Anyway, the new guy was told to draw my blood. I knew this was a mistake before I even walked back there but I thought oh well. I have really small veins and they ALWAYS have trouble finding one in my arm. Well he apparently found one, whatever he was doing (I can't stand to look) was hurting and then he said he couldn't get anything because the vein kept collapsing. The vile looked weird like blood had just squirted into it. Well I had to wait 5 minutes for this woman to come back and do my other arm instead. This is the lovely bruise I get to look at all day on my right arm now. Isn't it just so pretty? My staff are making fun of me and saying I'm shooting up!

Wednesday Thursday

1 comment:

Patterson's said...

I'm sooo sorry! I have the exact same problem!!! Perhaps it is a "Julie" thing?! :)

I'm glad your tests came back normal!!!