Today J.J. had his 5 year check-up....not with the endo.....the normal doc. This is the "big" check-up. At this appointment they like to check his cholesterol and hemoglobin. That means a finger poke!!!
J.J. wanted me to do the finger poke. The timing of the poke matched up perfectly with the time I needed to check his blood. So I asked the nurse if she minded. I had his meter out, and she was already informed he had diabetes. But she was a lot hesitant and said it "wasn't proper procedure", and she needed to do it. O.K....but I requested that when she was done I needed some blood. She agreed to that.
She had J.J. hold out his hand, and SHE picked the middle finger. UMMMM......NO!!! That finger is the worst finger to get blood from. Also....please don't do it on the fleshy part of his finger!!
I kindly told her she should use the pinkie finger and should get it from the side NOT the top of the finger. She look horrified and said, "I've never taken blood from the pinkie." (As a side note...she was a fairly young nurse!)
I replied, "Trust me.....you'll get more from this little guy, than the middle finger."
J.J. freaked out a little bit when she whipped out "their" finger poker!! It did look a little archaic, but I reassured him that all was like normal.
The nurse was pleasantly surprised at the amount of blood she was receiving, and I was able to get more than I needed.
The nurse put her vials in the basket and turned to put a band-aid on J.J., when her eyes got really big and very slowly she said to J.J., "You need a band-aid." Then turning to me, "Doesn't he need a band-aid?"
I looked at J.J........he was sucking his finger and with a huge grin on his face he says,
"Nope, don't need a band-aid." .....as he keeps sucking.
I couldn't help but laugh.....put a band-aid on his finger every time he gets a finger poke???!!!
We really messed with that nurse......it was fun....and it made J.J. really laugh. He said, "I freaked her out!!"
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Friday, February 15, 2008
Rejoicing......
Although our internet is still being halted by our internet company I can rejoice that there is a library close enough where I can access the internet if I need to!! WOW!! What speed!!!...now I know what I'm missing....I thought it was Blogger that was slow....!!
Anyway.....what we are truly rejoicing in today is that the insurance company approved all 300 test strips!! YAY!!! Thanks to everyone that prayed!! God is good!! We are just so thankful it was a "communication error". I've been afraid to call, but we needed more strips so my husband called today. The first lady he spoke to didn't know anything, but grabbed the guy I talked to the other day, and they both walked down to the prescriptions department to see what was going on. They came back saying the prescriptions department just approved it, and to give them 15 minutes to get it in the system!!! YIPPEE!!! And here I was thinking such bad thoughts about that company, now I could kiss them!!
Another praise is from yesterday....I wrote it last night but couldn't post....so here it is:
February 14, 2008
Yesterday J.J. decided to do his own finger poke. I got there just in time to see him getting the blood…he forgot to get the monitor ready so I had to help with that….but it surprised me that he did what he did. Today he did it all himself…(and I remembered to get pictures this time!!)…he really goes all out…milks his arm and says “I’m getting it Mama, I’m milkin’ it!!” I thought I’d just share some pictures of this monumental day!!
Hannah has now checked his blood for us as well. Sarah has done it a few more times. Allison was about to check today, but I put the breaks on …she’s a little rambunctious and not as responsible….J.J. and Allison’s proximity in age makes it difficult for them to accomplish things without some sort of “Uh-huh…..Mom said….I told you so…stop that….MOMMMMMM!!” scenario….so for now Allison will not be checking J.J’s blood for us….but thanks hon, for your willingness!!
Anyway.....what we are truly rejoicing in today is that the insurance company approved all 300 test strips!! YAY!!! Thanks to everyone that prayed!! God is good!! We are just so thankful it was a "communication error". I've been afraid to call, but we needed more strips so my husband called today. The first lady he spoke to didn't know anything, but grabbed the guy I talked to the other day, and they both walked down to the prescriptions department to see what was going on. They came back saying the prescriptions department just approved it, and to give them 15 minutes to get it in the system!!! YIPPEE!!! And here I was thinking such bad thoughts about that company, now I could kiss them!!
Another praise is from yesterday....I wrote it last night but couldn't post....so here it is:
February 14, 2008
Yesterday J.J. decided to do his own finger poke. I got there just in time to see him getting the blood…he forgot to get the monitor ready so I had to help with that….but it surprised me that he did what he did. Today he did it all himself…(and I remembered to get pictures this time!!)…he really goes all out…milks his arm and says “I’m getting it Mama, I’m milkin’ it!!” I thought I’d just share some pictures of this monumental day!!
Hannah has now checked his blood for us as well. Sarah has done it a few more times. Allison was about to check today, but I put the breaks on …she’s a little rambunctious and not as responsible….J.J. and Allison’s proximity in age makes it difficult for them to accomplish things without some sort of “Uh-huh…..Mom said….I told you so…stop that….MOMMMMMM!!” scenario….so for now Allison will not be checking J.J’s blood for us….but thanks hon, for your willingness!!
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