GHT Shots

[Guest guest]

We have been giving our son, Jay, shots (we call them pokes) for

almost 5 months. We tried when he was a sleep but he was a light

sleeper and woke terrified a couple of times. He is our only child

so I am sure we have coddled a bit too much, but anyway we give

50cc every night and it is still torturous for him and I dread

bedtime for him knowing what his reaction will be. We try to make

it light and help him to know how to breathe. But he screams bloody

murder right after the shot and seems to suffer during - it probably

takes us 4 -6 seconds we push in a little slower vs. fast all at

once. I know it burns (we are doing Humatrope and I do it free

hand subcutaneously on about a 45 -60 degree angle in his buttocks) -

the only place he wants it. I asked him tonight would he scream

like that in Dr. H's office he said no, but the discussion got no

where else. Anyone else have similar experience(s). Really

appreciate any help.

Dave and

[Guest guest]

Dave and ,

We don't use the alcohol swab on Jake when we give the shot. (We do

use it to clean off the vial though). I know we are supposed to,

but it would wake my son and aggrevate him (and he is a good

sleeper).

Another thought, if we do give Jake's shot while he is awake (which

is rare), we make a game of it. First one of us holds him down,

then the other injects him. Then we have a fake shot (a syringe

needle, with the needle removed) and we put it into the injectease

and then Jake gets to give us our " shots " . It distracts him from

crying and he just loves to give us our " shot " . He gets to choose

what part of our body he wants to " inject " he thinks its so much

fun. Maybe you want to try the injectease. I don't know if you are

familiar with it, but it is just a little device that you put the

syringe needle in, then you push a button (which pushes the needle

into the skin), then you push down the plunger on the syringe as

usual.

Alison