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Wednesday, September 12, 2007

The Needle Was This Big...Part II

As part of the investigation into what's going on with my kidney, I went in for some blood work requested by my nephrologist. The Phlebotomist pulls out 10 count 'em 10 vials for me to fill. WOAH! She started to prepare and she was going to use the standard needle where every-time she slides a new vial in, the needle either goes deeper or yanks from side to side.
So, I was like, "could you use one of those things that has the little tube connecting to the needle?"
"A butterfly?"She asked.
"Yes."

¶ 3:16 PM

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I've gone through kidney failure twice. The first time in 2000, my mother donated a kidney; and again in 2008, I'm on dialysis waiting for a breakthrough in immuno-suppression medicines before seeking a new kidney.

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