Diabetes Blog Week - Post # 2: Recently various petitions have been circulating the Diabetes Online Community, so today let's pretend to write our own. Tell us who you would write the petition to – a person, an organization, even an object (animate or inanimate) - get creative!! What are you trying to change and what have you experienced that makes you want this change?
Date:___________
We, The Undersigned, agree to stop telling children that they shouldn't cry when you give them a (Circle One) shot/injection/blood draw/finger poke because they are "used to it".
We, The Undersigned, (Initial Here) _________ agree that if not immediately providing a cease and desist, the above said children will be allowed to poke us to see our reaction.
Print Name: _____________________ Signed Name: _______________
Thankfully I've never run into this with my daughter... if I did, I might just have to punch that person in the throat
ReplyDeleteHa ha! We get this all of the time. Seriously, what are they thinking? I guess that is it, they are thinking NOT at all!
ReplyDeleteI love this!!!!
ReplyDeleteWell said. As a nurse, I have to poke fingers & give injections frequently. A lot of my elderly patients tough it out & don't say anything, but there are certain patients that still shy away from the lancets or complain about having to get injections (I think they are all type 2 though, so they don't always get an injection.) However, when I have 20 patients to take care of, unfortunately, I can sometimes forget my patience & think this person just needs to get over it so I can move on to the next person so I don't run late. (I don't say that out loud, of course. I try to take them on their own terms, try to find the spot that hurts less, apologize when I don't, but it takes more time.) Long story short, when I have to stick my own finger because I feel low or swallow my own pills one at a time I am reminded of the pain of being a patient and the need for compassion and understanding.
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