13 Vials of Blood

[sonpetitlapin]

Is what they sucked from me today for my Thrombophillia panel.  I swear, between the obstetrics panel and this in the past month it is amazing I am not anemic. 

OK a bit dramatic.

[forevermyfenix]

That is a lot! I was feeling sorta weak and tired after the routine 6 that my OB pulled from me. Hope you've got some down time to relax while your body recoups!

[rztrumpet]

Holy crap! I don't think I had more than 4 at any one point last time! (And I had to do the 3-hour glucose test).

Drink lots of juice and hope you feel better soon!

[4furrypaws]

Ick! That is a lot! Drink juice and eat a cookie...or 10!

[onyx]

That's crazy! Hopefully they ease up on taking your blood soon!

[flyliceandcoffee]

ouch!!!! I hope that's the last of the blood draws they have to do sonpetitlapin!

[teambrink]

I would have passed out! I hate needles and seeing so many blood vials. I guess, I'm going to have to get over all of that now that I'm pregnant though.

[sonpetitlapin]

Sadly I had to go to work afterwards. Luckily I had my huge water bottle and a greek yogurt with granola waiting for me afterwards.

She kept pulling out the vials and I asked when she was going to stop. She just smiled...I said seriously. Luckily I don't mind needles or the sight of blood and used to give blood on a regular basis. But the stupid witch didn't use a butterfly needle, so by the 6th vial it was hurting. I am going to have a huge bruise later. Hopefully this is my last blood draw. I am hoping I won't have to go in for a cardiac panel after I see the cardiologist on Thursday.

[run4fun]

Oooo man I hate when that happens. For my IVF screening they drew 9 vials. I thought that was bad, but then for the OB office, I stopped counting after she pulled out 9 vials. I didn't want to know how many she was doing.

[allycat]

Yep - I had 13ish pulled for my RPL testing, too. At least it's just one stick and they get them all at once!

And FWIW, the nurse said it equated to about 2-3 tablespoons of blood. So not that much, even though it looked like a lot.

[ladygray]

Yowzah

[Deleted]

Hah! You're all going to hate me but I work in a lab, mostly analyzing the samples but I often have to draw blood as well. I'm sorry you had a bad experience and hopefully you don't end up with a huge bruise!

[sunflower57]

Yikes! Sounds painful!