Swollen Arm After Blood Draw Novels & Stories

he said sheepishly. “Thanks, I appreciate the directions and for you not treating me like a lesser wolf,” I mumbled softly, and noticed that he also had a cotton ball-covered bandage on his arm. “You needed to do another blood draw, too?” Glancing at his arm, he huffed out in annoyance, “Yeah, the Academy has never redone blood draws.” “Interesting. Well, thanks again, Aiden. I will see you around,” I smiled, waved goodbye to him then turned toward the direction he had given me.

Running through a series of protocols that seemed to take forever. "The extraction works like this," Wells explained as she worked. "The needle goes into your arm. The blood flows through this tube into a collection bag. We'll extract approximately 450 milliliters—that's roughly one pint. The process should take about thirty minutes. You'll feel lightheaded. You might feel dizzy. Some patients report a sensation of weakness or cold. All of this is normal." She positioned the extraction needle at the crook of Melina's right arm. The arm that had been left empty all morning. Reserved specifically for this.

It was my second blood draw today, so I gave the doctor my left hand and hid the marks on my right arm that had been left behind by the needle previously. As blood flowed from my arm into the tube, I trembled violently, and my face scrunched up. Perhaps my face had turned ghastly as the doctor asked worriedly, "Are you okay?" I struggled to answer through the pain and dizziness and managed to grit out, "I'm fine." The doctor sighed at my stubbornness but continued to draw blood from my arm.

Sandra had replied before he could, saving him the option of saying no because he can't stand the sight of blood. Waiting out in the lobby did nothing to his mood. Instead, it made him more anxious and uncomfortable. The strong disinfectant wasn't helping either as he kept looking at the time and towards the closed door. There were taking far too long. When they finally emerged from the check up room, Daniel has a little cotton wool and a bandage attached to his upper arm indicating where his blood was drawn from. The little boy looked pale if not scared. "Hey Daniel, are you okay?" He asked feeling guilty all of a sudden.

“I am. I just need to get some blood and then we can begin.” “Awesome. You may begin.” I said as I sat down in the chair and provided my arm. Quietly, she wrapped a blue massive rubber band around my arm. Successfully pinching my artery off. After pumping my hand a few times, she found the vein she wanted. For some reason, it didn’t bother me to watch her stick me into my veins and draw out the blood. In the past, it has but not today.

I kept wondering what could be going wrong, I really couldn't understand what was going on as much as I tried. Not long after the doctors left my room, a nurse and one of the doctors came back. The nurse politely asked me to lie down in a comfortable position, with my arm extended and my palm facing up. She cleaned the area of my arm where the blood will be drawn with an antiseptic solution, which will help to reduce the risk of having an infection.

“Is everything okay? I wasn’t expecting to hear from you.” “Yes, yes, everything’s fine—well, sort of,” he replied almost hesitantly. “What’s up?” There was a pause on the other end before he spoke again. “I know you’ve got an event coming up tonight, but unfortunately our last blood sample got tainted.” “Tainted?” “Yes, there was a minor accident in the lab. Tony and I are both okay, but your blood vials shattered, so we lost the samples. Would it be possible for you to come by quickly for another blood draw?”

I then watched as she tied a tube like item tightly around my upper arm and cleansed an area of my arm with a cotton wool which was soaked in methylated spirit. When the needle pierced through my skin and into my vein, my eyes were closed very tightly and I held my breath in trepidation. As soon as the needle had pierced through my skin, I opened my eyes just in time to watch as the blood was drawn from my arm and with a sigh of relief, I allowed her untie the tube thingy from around my arm and I collected a freshly new spirit soaked cotton wool and pressed it down and hard on the tiny hole on my arm from which blood dripped in beads.

"I'll be as quick as I can." I watched as she tied a rubber band around my arm, searching for a vein. The prick of the needle was sharp, but brief, and I barely felt it as she drew a vial of blood. She then pressed a small piece of gauze to the puncture site and taped it down. "All done," she said with a smile. "The results will take a little longer, but we'll get them as soon as possible." I nodded, trying to muster a smile in return. "Thank you."

Rome said and I noticed his Adam's apple moving up and down. "T-Thanks." I said but he didn't say anything after. Nurse Diana looked at me with a worried face. "What happened to you?" "Got into an argument. Things didn't go well." I said almost whispering. Nurse Diana nodded and put an ice pack on my swollen arm. After a few minutes, Nurse Diana gently removed the ice pack and applied some ointment to my swelling skin. “You’ll be fine,” she said softly, offering a kind smile before I left the clinic.