August 29, 2025

That was weird

 I had to go have blood drawn this morning. The nice lady poked my right arm and…nothing. There was barely a trickle of blood. She shifted the needle a bit right then a bit left. Still nothing. She pushed a little deeper. Nope. She pulled out the needle and there wasn’t a drop of blood on my arm.

She moved to my left arm and the four vials filled up in no time. 

I think she missed the vein completely on the right arm. That’s far better than when they poke clear through the vein leaving a big old bruise. 

5 comments:

Matthew W said...

I've had about 20 draws in the last 2 years and every one of them was done very, very well......................

Joe said...

Yeah, usually I have no issue with a blood draw on either arm

Ed Bonderenka said...

I had a draw yesterday that seemed as you described, except he finally moved the needle enough to get a draw.
I assumed it would be bruised, but nope.
Do you have a pulse in that arm?

Joe said...

I just checked. Yes there is a pulse!

Anonymous said...

I have small rolling veins. I usually end up either getting stuck multiple times or with a big ol' blowout.

Midwest Chick

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