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Originally Posted by Southern Comfort
Drink extra water night before and a couple hours prior to giving. Good hydration minimizes needle time.
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Yeah I kind of learned this one last time I was at the cardiologist. I had been in the habit of not drinking or eating anything before going to the doctor from an experience years ago where my doc was going to run blood test but didn't tell me not to eat, so I had to reschedule and it was a hassle.
So last time I was at the cardiologist, I hadn't had any fluids that morning and they were trying to do an IV to put some dye in. I'm not small, in fact I outweighed the nursed by about 3 times. Being dehydrated, and being that it was cold, she could not find a vein. On the fourth try I apparently lost my color and looked like I was about to come over on her, she was screaming down the hall for someone to come help catch me.
It was okay, but it almost looked like this: skip to the 57 second mark