Taking blood from her
she is unimpressed
Always, forever
The love-hate affair
with the needle
which offers pain
but comfort of mind
to watch one kidney
carrying her into highschool
maybe college
too much to hope for longer
Kidney function
Always needles
Forever
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Your posts give me such comfort. We just had a horror experience with a blood draw (the pre-transplant bloodwork, so tubes and tubes and tubes and tubes). My 3-year-old had no voice or tears left a the end. I hope one day she is unimpressed too.
Melissa, does it help or hurt for me to say one day your 3 yo will be used to it. It’s both a good thing and bad thing because we realize how often they have to go for it to be considered “normal.”
Gage was diagnosed at 3…
It helps, though of course this is not the life I would have picked for her. She never had normal kidney function. Her kidneys were affected by blood loss at birth when her id twin sister died, and docs didn’t think she would be able to grow enough to get dialysis or transplant. We’ve been monitoring function ever since, and now it’s time.
I’m so sorry for the loss of your daughter.
Please let me know if you ever have any questions. I would be happy to help your path however I could.
I’m glad she is unimpressed, and can’t wait for the day she tells a newbie which arm & to feel the vein.
She’s nearly doing that by picking the arm and showing the region!