Oakley got asked by the diabetic center to do another trial study. She likes doing them because she gets paid to do them and we like her to do them because the machine they have her wear tells us what her blood is every 5 minutes and she has to wear it for a whole week and so we get to see patterns. (We own one of these but do you think we can get her to wear it when she isn't getting paid?! Of course not!!) This trial study was different than the others we have done because it has an inclinic day where they did a 6 hour blood draw. They had to take blood out of an IV every 15 minutes for the entire 6 hours. They told Oakley the IV had to go in her hand and she FREAKED OUT! She did not want it in her hand and she was so nervous the whole morning. When we got there they sprayed a freeze type numbing on her hand (which she said hurt too) and then poked her for the IV.....it blew through her vein and so they pulled it out and repeated on a different vein just to have the same results. So they started in on the other hand and after the third poke and third fail her and her mom were both in tears. Did I ever mention that I HATE DIABETES!! So the sweet nurses pretty much told the trial study people to shove it and that they were putting it in her elbow. She settled down because she has blood drawn out of there every 3 months and that doesn't scare her. They got it in on the first try. Thank goodness!
She then sat in this uncomfy recliner with a hot pad on her arm for 6 hours. She had a nurse there just for her and every 15 minutes her timer would go off and the nurse would come take two blood draws....one that went into the garbage because they did a saline rinse each time between that they had to make sure wasn't in the blood....and the other blood went to the study. They also did a finger stick every 1/2 hour. The nurse Oakley got was HORRIBLE at finger sticks. She would poke her an average of 3 times each time she had to do one because she just didn't know how to do it. It drove Oakley and I crazy!! By hour 3 we were holding strong, but by hour 5 she was miserable and ready to get out of there! There were 5 other kids in there doing the same thing as her so atleast we weren't alone in this.
Oakley's sweet friend Katie sent a gift bag full of presents and a note to open one each hour. She is SO STINKING SWEET and we appreciated it SO MUCH! Here is her left handed coloring job. :)
It was a long day for Oakley, but a great week with the study and a big pay check for her at the end. Yay!
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