sharron Report post Posted November 4, 2005 k my 9yr old with asd is having blood tests done in a couple of weeks to check his chromosones, has anyone elses children had these tests done and how was they with the needles. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kathryn Report post Posted November 4, 2005 Hi Sharron, My daughter has had loads of blood tests in the last year, for various reasons. Funnily enough, she doesn't mind the needle, it's the sensation of other people touching her she can't bear, and the lighter the touch, the worse it is. She hates waiting around in busy places too so we have got around this by asking our GP to do it. At other times when we have had to go to the hospital for the tests, we have found the staff very understanding, especially when we have phoned and explained the situation beforehand. We usually go for the first appointment of the morning or afternoon to reduce the waiting time. You can get a cream from your GP beforehand which you rub on to the arm about an hour before the blood test and it acts as an anasthetic. I forget the name of it, but your doctor will know, it is often given to children. We have used this a few times and it does help. K Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
invent 10 things b4 breakfast Report post Posted November 4, 2005 Hi Sharron My 8 yr old son had blood tests last year for wheat, gluten, lactose allergy testing so can't help you with the chromosones info. However he absolutely freaked out with the needle so much that he was hyperventilating and the nurse (who wasn't very child-friendly - even though it was the childrens ward!) kept telling him to breath because the more he panicked the more his veins closed up and she couldn't get blood anyway. So I guess the calmer you can keep your 9yr old the better, don't let them look, may be worth talking to the nurse first. My son hates the sight of blood anyway and the fact me could see it coming out of his body and didn't understand that the body would replace it was a nightmare, I probably should have thought of it before, but you never do! Good luck! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sharron Report post Posted November 4, 2005 thank you for your replys. k's apointment is at the local hospital, his paediatrition arranged it so hopefully they know all about him, the letter l recieved in it they said that they will be using a local analgesic cream so he won't feel the needle. k also freaks out when he sees blood so l will have to try and distract him. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LizK Report post Posted November 4, 2005 DS was three when he had hsi blood tests but was fine. He has an amazingly high pain tolerance so barely flinched when the needle went in despite not having emla (local anaesthetic cream) beforehand. He was a bit peturbed by the blood coming out and wanted to fiddle with the needle but he was distracted away (the play therapist was great at this) and it was unexpectedly straight forward Hope it goes ok for you Liz x Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
phasmid Report post Posted November 5, 2005 Phas Jr and needles Oh we have tried to tell them how he hates them. He attacked (bitting and scratching type attacked) a district nurse taking a diabetic finger prick test on my MIL once. When it's his turn for a test it takes us days to talk him round to the idea...never mind the actual test! Some have been better than others but some have been subject of complaints because of their attitude to him! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zemanski Report post Posted November 5, 2005 (edited) after the last time, the local clinic will not do blood tests on Com, so this week we went to the children's outpatients in town. this was so much better they arranged for him to go in before the main clinic opened so he was the only patient. they arranged a recovery room, booked for 2 hours, which we actually didn't need to use. they set him up on a game cube before going in and had it waiting for him to come back to they gave us a specialist nurse who was fantastic, met us at the door and stayed with us the whole time they explained everything in detail and let him ask as many questions as he liked soooooo much better letting him have it first thing in the morning and then take the day off school was an enormous help too though Zemanski Edited November 5, 2005 by Zemanski Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lil_me Report post Posted November 5, 2005 Probably the Fragile X test, my son is waiting for his to be done, he's been terrible with needles so far, I emember they put a needle in after knocking him to sleep with gas when he had teeth removed and he tried to pull it out as soon as he came round, best of luck with it. I just keep thinking to myself its only a few minutes he'll be fine. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kirstie Report post Posted November 6, 2005 Hi Sharron, I think the fragile x test sounds about right. I know Lewis had the chromosone blood test done too and to be honest they were pretty vague as to what they were looking for. My son is needle phobic so this was really disturbing for everyone to see. He generally senses what is about to happen and bounces off the walls in an attempt to escape. But we distracted him the best we could and managed the blood test but its pretty awful for him. I hope don't have a hard time of it, poor wee mites i can only imagine how terrified they must be feeling! Take care, Kirstie. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sharron Report post Posted November 6, 2005 thank you, you have put my mind at rest hopefully he will be ok with the needle fingers crossed, l think they are testing for fragile x. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
