Little Girl is leaky

[cjsmith]

We're doing subcutaneous fluids for Little Girl twice a week, to help out her ailing kidneys. I've now administered the fluids on my own twice.

She leaks.

[LJ-CUT TEXT="Sometimes it's my fault. Warning, needle talk."]
The most recent time was totally my fault. I was staring at the fluid level in the bag to see if it was alllll the way down to the line yet, and the needle fell out of the cat, and the last tablespoon of Ringer's poured onto my carpet. Oops. :-)

But the previous time I'm not sure what I could have done differently. It was all in there, and then, gradually throughout the evening, an awful lot of it dripped out down her back. She showed no discomfort at all, but I was a bit unhappy about it. My cat leaks.

Comments

[allanh.livejournal.com]

If the needle is pulled out too fast or inserted into the wrong place, tortoises leak, too. I've gotten pretty good at injecting into the right area.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Oh interesting. This one isn't supposed to be finely location-dependent, but it's intriguing to hear that some are!

Clearly I need to learn the "pinch the skin when pulling out" trick better. :-)

[allanh.livejournal.com]

My mother leaks after her allergy shots, if the nurse isn't careful where she injects. Enough scar tissue has been built up over fifty years' worth of allergy shots that every so often, her arm spits out an injection.

It's rather amusing to watch the nurse's face when this happens. I've observed it twice.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Oh dear. That must be... well, amusing if it's not you it's happening to. I bet your mom probably laughs too, and the nurse is probably appalled!