Oh. Thanks, Hatton BTW they told me they have to start in the hand in emergency cases - if they have a problem with the vein, they can move up the arm, but not down. So starting low gives them several "fallbacks".
-Ben At 01:59 PM 3/18/03 -0500, you wrote: >I think he was saying he's afraid he'd move wrong and pull it out on >accident, not on purpose. > >Hate to say it but I had a similar fear... the IV the put in me in the >emergency room didn't look right. They finally poked a different one in >down by the hand later. > >Hatton > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Ben Braver [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 12:50 PM >> To: CF-Community >> Subject: Re: Big Test >> >> >> Bill- >> >> GROSS. >> You would rip it out on PURPOSE? >> HUH ??? >> >> They put a humongous strip of tape over it. >> I don't like them, find them uncomfortable, sometimes mildly >> painful when I >> move. >> But nothing a little Tylenol can't take care of. >> >> -Ben >> >> >> At 07:03 AM 3/18/03 -0500, you wrote: >> >lol :) sounds like fun! >> > >> >Yuck i would hate to have an IV i cant stand giving blood >> because of the iv >> >for a few minutes. I always worry i might yank it out of my arm >> and rip my >> >veins out :) >> >----- Original Message ----- >> >From: "Ben Braver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 7:40 PM >> >Subject: Big Test >> > >> > >> >OK, been there, done that. >> >4 hours, mostly HUAW - >> >Hurry Up And Wait. >> >Sign forms. >> >Wait. >> >Get IV in elbow. >> >Wait. >> >Isotope into IV. >> >Wait. >> >Scintillation camera - ring like CT: >> >lie very still for 20 minutes. >> >Wait. >> >EKG resting in chair. >> >Wait. >> >OK, a little excitement now: >> >get on treadmill (still wired), >> >speed and incline increase. >> >Anothe dose of isotope into IV (still on treadmill). >> >Target: 90% of Max Heart Rate >> >220 - age=53 = 167, 90% = 151. >> >Oops, treadmill mis-programmed, >> >pulse goes to 161 = 96% of MHR !!! >> >(thump Thump THUMP!) >> >Cool down more EKG. >> >Wait 20 minutes. >> >Drink yucky "chocolate" drink in can. >> >Sorry, no water allowed]. >> >Wait. >> >Wait. >> >Wait. >> >Finally, another 20 minutes of "hold still" in the camera. >> >IV removed. >> >Go homr. >> ><whew> >> >Thurs. am 3/20: see cardiologist >> >(parole hearing). >> > >> >-Ben >> > >> > >> > >> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
