ended up complicated...
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i am on night with a senior staff from onco ward..
she needs to take blood in the morning for the onco patient
i volunteered myself..
i say " can i try? "
being so nice of her, she said yes...
so.. i prepared myself...
1st half of the procedure, it went on smoothly...
but...
then later.. when i am withdrawing blood from the line halfway,
i felt resistance and the blood stop flowing..
tried flushing with normal saline...
flushing well..
try withdrawing blood again...
unsuccessful...
then my senior help me..
struggled for 15 mins..
finally, my senior decided to ask for help..
another senior staff from onco ward came into rescue..
after every position,
after every sizes of syringe being tried to aspirate the blood..
after half an hr..
finally the child got frustrated and exhausted,
so were the nurses..
and it is still unsuccessful...
then, then the senior staff nurse call it off..
she said"no use doing it today cos the tip of the line mayb stuck to the wall.. the line is definitely not obstructed bcos we can withdraw blood, nothing can be done today, mayb we can try again tomorrow, hopefully the positioning of the tip will enable us to take blood tomorrow.."
i told myself..
why is it me?
this is my 1st blood taking...
have it been fair to me??
i dun know..
or mayb He wanted me to learn more thru this procedure...
eventhough my 1st practical failed...
but i am glad that both of the seniors were nice enuv to help and teach..
and luckily the line is not blocked by clotted blood...
thank you very much...
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