DS2 had to have one last year and I had to take him up to our hospital pathology lab for it as the one down the street wouldn't have the right gear to do children. Normally they do get you to put an Emla patch on, but we didn't have the time to wait around for it to work, so we did it without one and he was brilliant. She needed to take several vials of blood, but instead of using the vials themselves on the end of the canula type thingy, she just used a large 20ml syringe to draw out enough blood to fill all the vials. We layed him down on the bed, I held his arm straight and flat and she drew the blood. He got a ****load of stickers and a bravery certificate from her afterwards LOL so he was pretty happy with that.
The first time we had blood taken for Ms M, it wasn't a full on experience as M was prepared. I told her she would go into a room, a few nurses would be there & I would hold onto her and they would hold her arm & try to get blood from that. The blood would go into tubes and sometimes you feel a pinch at the beginning but she would get a chocolate when it was all finished for being so brave. When we got there I had to hold her head still and talk to her. It was hard.... very hard.... but it was over quickly.
The second and third times we were in hospital, it was hell... I wish I could say it was easier, and she got it etc etc... nope. She hates being held down and even when in hospital with suspected viral meningitis, it took us 3 nurses and 1 registrar to hold her down.
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