Just quickly, for future reference, always make sure canulas are put in by a long time registered nurse, a pathologist or an anesthetist. ESPECIALLY when Dehydrated! Drs are a definite no-no. They usually get a nurse to do it so are pretty crap at it themselves. I have always insisted on one of those and they get the vein first time every time.

I have sat there before watching a dr butcher a canula insertion on my eldest son once and it was so horrific. I wanted to break his nose. He eventually sent in a nurse who spent more time trying to find a bit of arm that wasn't hacked up, bleeding and bruised by the doctor than she did putting the canula in.

With the fear, Harry hates hospitals and beds in hospitals or drs surgeries. Its a nightmare of a fight to get him to just sit on a bed even when there isnt a needle involved. I can't say she will ever forget it or ever become less afraid of needles. Really its the medicos that need to start approaching jabbing children in a different way rather than our kids being told to get over it. Hopefully with your doctor taking it easy on her it will make her less afraid to go. Harry is happy enough to go see Dr Lim or into the hospital now - but he refuses to get on the bed.