Myself and my son Jack were very anxious about his blood test, he has a phobia of doctors and was very worried about having a needle put in his hand. The two nurses were amazing, they kept myself and son really calm and the way they positioned Jack on my knee he couldn’t see what they were doing, Jack was so surprised when they said it was all done. He didn’t even know they had done it!
Jack will need to have a general anaesthetic for a small procedure soon and I feel confident that after such a successful blood test he won’t be so worried about having a cannula put in.
The EMLA cream that was applied an hour before also really helped, we called it the magic cream! Thankyou so much to the two nursing staff for making Jacks experience of a hospital visit, not a scary one.
"My son's first visit to hospital"
About: Lincoln County Hospital / Paediatrics Lincoln County Hospital Paediatrics LN2 5QY
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