Re: EMLA cream for Vaccinations
tiffany thiele
Hi Dawn,
Where did you get the EMLA cream used for vaccinations? I ask this because
my son has sensory integration dysfunction which makes him more sensitive to
pain (as well as touch, smell, light, texture, taste...) and makes medical
procedures nightmarish. I've tried talking to medical professionals and
they give me suggestions like...solarcaine, lanacaine and icy-hot to numb
the injection site. I had heard about emla from a parenting magazine, but
have been unable to find it. Did you get it from the doctor or hospital?
Thanks a bunch!
Tiffany
Olympia, Washington
Where did you get the EMLA cream used for vaccinations? I ask this because
my son has sensory integration dysfunction which makes him more sensitive to
pain (as well as touch, smell, light, texture, taste...) and makes medical
procedures nightmarish. I've tried talking to medical professionals and
they give me suggestions like...solarcaine, lanacaine and icy-hot to numb
the injection site. I had heard about emla from a parenting magazine, but
have been unable to find it. Did you get it from the doctor or hospital?
Thanks a bunch!
Tiffany
Olympia, Washington
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----- Original Message -----
From: tiffany thiele <sthiele1@...>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, September 23, 2000 8:26 PM
Subject: [Unschooling-dotcom] Re: EMLA cream for Vaccinations
I'm not Dawn ,but I hope you don't mind me answering. Emla is available by
prescription only. My eldest dd used it for her allergy testing.
Amy
Mom to Samantha, Dana, and Casey
The World Is Our Classroom
dawn
I had our doc call in a script for it at the pharmacy and we put it on
about an hour and a half before his app't. He felt nothing until the
nurse injected the med, at which time, his eyes got wide and he said, "Is
this supposed to hurt?" When I said yes, he replied, "Good because it
does." But I *know* this child and if it had hurt a lot, he would not
have said to me the other day, "Aren't I supposed to get another shot at
halloween time?" We also had them use the smallest needle (looked like
one of the tiny ones used by diabetics) and only a half dosage. It was
also *just* tetanus, not DT. It was his first shot ever. Actually, his
first "real" medicine in his 5 yrs. He's been unwell before, but never
sick enough to go to the dr (this was his 2nd visit since his 12 month
well check) and he just turned 5.
dawn h-s
" "I am a woman here on planet Earth
I have the breath of life in me, a gift given at birth
No one, no body, no powers that be
Can ever, ever, ever take this gift away from me."
--Ruth Pelham
about an hour and a half before his app't. He felt nothing until the
nurse injected the med, at which time, his eyes got wide and he said, "Is
this supposed to hurt?" When I said yes, he replied, "Good because it
does." But I *know* this child and if it had hurt a lot, he would not
have said to me the other day, "Aren't I supposed to get another shot at
halloween time?" We also had them use the smallest needle (looked like
one of the tiny ones used by diabetics) and only a half dosage. It was
also *just* tetanus, not DT. It was his first shot ever. Actually, his
first "real" medicine in his 5 yrs. He's been unwell before, but never
sick enough to go to the dr (this was his 2nd visit since his 12 month
well check) and he just turned 5.
dawn h-s
" "I am a woman here on planet Earth
I have the breath of life in me, a gift given at birth
No one, no body, no powers that be
Can ever, ever, ever take this gift away from me."
--Ruth Pelham
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In a message dated 9/23/2000 7:35:30 PM Central Daylight Time,
sthiele1@... writes:
integration disfunction. He's very sensitive to light, but seems to be
hyposensitive to many other stimuli. He never seemed particularly sensitive
to pain. But I really have to wonder why he went practically berserk when he
was having blood drawn during his last visit to the doctor, last year. I'm
sitting here kinda dumbstruck. . .
Carron
sthiele1@... writes:
> Hi Dawn,to
> Where did you get the EMLA cream used for vaccinations? I ask this because
> my son has sensory integration dysfunction which makes him more sensitive
> pain (as well as touch, smell, light, texture, taste...)Oh my gosh, Tiffany, you just struck something with me. My son has sensory
integration disfunction. He's very sensitive to light, but seems to be
hyposensitive to many other stimuli. He never seemed particularly sensitive
to pain. But I really have to wonder why he went practically berserk when he
was having blood drawn during his last visit to the doctor, last year. I'm
sitting here kinda dumbstruck. . .
Carron
[email protected]
Thank you, thank you, thank you guys for the Emla information. For some
reason, I thought it was only available in Europe. Where did I get that?
Can you use it when you have blood drawn, too?
Carron
reason, I thought it was only available in Europe. Where did I get that?
Can you use it when you have blood drawn, too?
Carron
dawn
>yes, and for starting IV's.
> Can you use it when you have blood drawn, too?
>
dawn h-s
[email protected]
In a message dated 9/24/2000 8:40:59 AM Central Daylight Time, dawn@...
writes:
pediatricians generally pretty receptive to a patient asking for an EMLA
prescription?
Thanks,
Carron
writes:
> yes, and for starting IV's.Oh wow. I'm feeling so relieved! I just thought of one more question. Are
> dawn h-s
pediatricians generally pretty receptive to a patient asking for an EMLA
prescription?
Thanks,
Carron