Hiya, it's been awhile since I've posted or visited, sorry to just pop up when needing advice!

DD has been pretty sick lately and was hospitalised before Christmas for a stint, she's on the mend but is having a recurring prob since.

The next step is blood tests, which I'm dreading and I wondered if anyone had advice on how to make it easier for her? She will totally freak. When we were in the ED the night she was really sick, she was on heaps of pain relief, could hardly move from pain but it still took wrapping her in a sheet and 4 nurses to hold her down and 2 paed docs to take blood and insert the cannula. The emla cream made no difference to her reaction. Taking it out a few days later was pretty full on too.

No amount of discussion seems to help. She has a full on fear and anxiety about any kind of medical procedure, she freaks just for blood pressure readings :-( I don't know why as both of us as parents are really chilled about anything doctor/dentist wise and have never made a fuss. Otherwise she's a happy bubbly child.

Any tips or is it really just a matter of dealing with it (I think it will be)

Cheers.