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...I just had my blood drawn, and I am not happy.
The first phlebotomist took her time, and poked my arm with her fingers for at least five minutes
I told her, "Um, they just gave me an IV a few days ago, and they had much less trouble finding the vein in my other arm, so you may want to tr--"
*STAB*
She missed.
She then decided that was bad, so she withdrew the needle slightly and started poking around with it under my skin. She finally hit a vein and the blood started coming, but she decided that was too slow so she tried to adjust by pulling the needle out. Slowly. While applying downward pressure. Eventually, she managed to pull the whole needle out and no more blood came, because obviously, the needle was no longer in contact with my vein.
So she put the needle back and stared poking around under the skin again.
...I don't think that's how you're supposed to do it.
She managed to fill up four tubes halfway with this method before the other phlebotomist said, "My, that's slow." The first one replied, "They just keep sputtering out..." *POKE POKE STAB JIGGLE* The other one said, "Let me try."
OhthankthedearfuzzylordonaSTICK!
She tried my other arm, and rom there, it basically went:
*Poke poke poke* ... *poke poke* *STAB* *SPLURT!*
Then they said I was done, and the first one remarked that I looked slightly pale.
Well, yes, I would assume so. I just had three times as much blood drawn from me as I was supposed to have had, and I spent 10 minutes sitting down with someone poking a needle around UNDER MY SKIN. That, I will tell you, is less pleasant than being stabbed several times. It goes from a slight pinch to HURRY UP DAMMIT, I CAN FEEL THE NEEDLE IN MY SKIN.
Then I stood up and, lo and behold, a migraine was triggered.
Not a good topping to a crappy weekend.
I'm starting to understand why some people hate needles and blood work.
Lady, i know you're a professional and all, but I've been poked more times overall than you've poked me, ever. When I say you might have better luck in my other arm, trust me, because that's usually the arm with the easiest to find vein.
Now I'm probably going to end up with bruises on my inner arm, and the nurse will start asking me if they're track marks, again ~_~
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