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I have 3 IV pokes on my hand. Ugh. That is something I'm going to spend a long blog post complaining about (sorry if you have to listen to this. :) *innocent smile*). AAAGGGHHH.

You know, I'm a really weird person. I have to draw blood pretty much every time I go to the doctor's office. (It's always blood. I hate drawing blood. But every time I go to the doctor's, she suggests I draw blood! I'M SCARED OF DRAWING BLOOD OKAY, PLEASE DON'T MAKE ME DRAW BLOOD.) Anyways, I found out a long time ago that I have to look when they stick the needle in. Most people have to look away when the needle goes in. But I realized that if I didn't look, I didn't know when the needle was going to go in, and that made me a. tense up (which hurts more) and b. make the poke seem to hurt a lot more (because of anticipation, I guess?).

So on the first day, that guy poked an IV into my right hand. But he wasn't very pro, so when he poked it in I started bleeding all over the place. People say you're not supposed to bleed too much when an IV goes in. I don't know why, the internet doesn't like that question. But since there's a needle going into your arm, it's not like there's room for the blood to come out. So then he pokes an IV in, and I start bleeding all over my hand. Not a lot, but more than is normal. He wipes off the blood around the needle and then tapes it so it doesn't bleed anymore, then he quickly attaches the salt water (because apparently I was dehydrated, which can happen when you sweat a lot during a fever) and then it starts pumping into my bloodstream and I stop bleeding.

Then I got antibiotics via IV at the Children's Hospital.

The nurse who helped me put the IV in was much more pro. She did it, like, really fast. You know how they look for a vein, right? I have really big veins so that part was quick. Once they find it, they swipe off the area with alcohol and then they stick the needle in. I was expecting her to wipe it and spend some time getting the needle ready, so while she was swiping, I was talking to my mom, and then I felt a pinch and I turn back and the tube's in and ready! My reaction was all WHOA SO PRO.

Anyways I'll continue this rant some other time, because, strict sleeping time remember?