This is Ethan's second IV this hospital stay and it took three tries to get. We're very vigilant in watching it to be sure we don't have any troubles with it. So far we're doing pretty well. But it is his preferred hand so we've been whacked in the head by that board taped to the bottom of his hand, he's been sucking on the board and chewing on the IV tubing. He's even figured out how to play using that hand despite it acting as a splint. His last IV went subcutaneous so his right hand puffed up like an over blown balloon and it was leaking onto his hand. His last hospital stay he did the same thing with his foot and you can still see where they had placed the IV and that was back in June. Since then he's grown an odd lump just above the ankle of that foot...so we're a bit limited on veins we can access should anything happen with this vein. And thanks to genetics (here's looking at you mom), he has veins that are hard to access anyway. Here's hoping we actually get to disconnect the IV because it is no longer required instead of him pushing the issue.
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