Okay not my best picture, considering no makeup and just getting in from watering in the wind, but I thought you should see what the lab did to me yesterday. Yes, 4 blown veins and finally after mining they drew blood from the 5th stab on my wrist. I am bruised all over. The final stab was so bad, usually I have no problems, and yes I was hydrated. I just kept blowing in and out slowly, to keep from passing out. I have a high pain tolerance, but this was over the top. Next time I will call a Vampire.
I was there 2.5 hours and Hubs felt sorry for me when I got home and got me Taco Time for dinner. I had to go into the lab fasting (only black coffee, water, or diet soda, which one do you think I drank?) so by the time I got there I did not get to eat until about 4:30. I was hungry, irritable, cranky, crabby, disgusted,verklempt, you name it. Did I get to any wedding dresses? No but I did get the military out and those *&^%$# curtains hung and I called it a day.
By the way I am now turning down all work. I am behind and I will be lucky to finish what I have next week. I will actually get some sewing done today. Lil sis's pool is open so we are going over for a swim and I hope to come home and sew for a while. We will see.
I am grateful that 4 of the 5 wedding dresses are not complicated jobs. I have a mother of the bride, 4 bridesmaids, one sport coat to shorten sleeves on and then some piles. The piles are pant hemming which is always fast and easy. I can do this, but no more! Kim is done. She needs to plan, and pack and build up her blood supply, pass the donuts please.
I can't update my side bars the little thingy that you click is gone? Any of you having trouble with this? I have not put in may last 3 charts and updated my info.
Well small aggravation, Have a great Saturday. Doing anything fun?
Have a great and productive day staying positive while you are in the negative.
Kim
Oh no! I have a lot of blood drawn at a time, and it's really not fun. So sorry to hear you had such a rough day. Try to get a lot of rest today!
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ReplyDeleteHUGS!!!!!!
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DeleteThat is terrible! Hope today is a much better day.
ReplyDeleteI feel fine and I felt fine well as long as they weren't fishing a needle around in my arm!
DeleteI am so sorry for you Kim. Sometimes the blood suckers are a royal pain, Rest and regenerate. Oh yeah and don't forget doughnuts!! Lots of doughnuts! It's a medical thing!
ReplyDeleteAnd when I went to get a donut yesterday, They were out. Now that is a crisis, I mean a real one.
DeleteI have two doctors' orders for a blood draw and will take them to the best vampire I know! I hate that for you. When I am in the same condition, I ask for something to eat and drink. I may only get crackers and water, but it helps. Best case scenario, I get juice and two packs of something like crackers or cookies.
ReplyDeleteNothing fun happening here. I am trying to doze from new meds, so I just sit.
It was not fun that is for sure.
DeleteKelsa looks like you!
ReplyDeleteOh I know. She looks just like my sister Kay and it is creepy.
DeleteOuch, I just hate when the lab vampires don't draw blood with the first jab.
ReplyDeleteGlad that you are not accepting more sewing jobs right now, it looks like you have enough to do.
God bless.
I am not and in my mind that is such a relief, that I can see what needs to be done and that is it. There is an end and a light.
DeleteNext time, ask them to use butterfly needles, take an alcohol swab or alcohol on a Kleenex and breathe that in. It will keep you from passing out. Also before you go in, walk around and swing your arms. My daughter has to get blood draws every 3 months and the phlebotomist gave her these tips.
ReplyDeleteTake care.
Bun
They did use a butterfly 3 times but the swinging your arms is a good tip.
DeleteOmg, they were brutal to you in the lab, Kim. Bless your heart.
ReplyDeleteNot my funnest moments.
DeleteI'm so sorry. I bet your arms are black and blue now. :(
ReplyDeleteIt is hard to get my blood drawn too. A few months ago, after sticking me 4 times, they were wanting to send me
to the lab at the hospital. Really in the middle of a pandemic, the hospital is the last place I want to go to for a blood draw. I really think some of them are more competent than others, and those were the worst.
Hope your weekend is going better.
Moving the arms around before a blood draw may help, I have had a problem with them getting blood only one time. I was dehydrated. One person tried two or three times, and they finally went and got another person to give it a try and she got right in.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Kathy when she wrote that she thought some of them are more competent than others.
I sometimes have a problem getting the blood to stop after a blood draw. They bandage it tight and have me hold pressure on it for extra time before I leave. That is because I take a blood thinner.
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