Where was your IV ?

[Anniesmom12 181]

I was dehydrated from the preop cleaning out...so it took many sticks until the finally got my right hand just below my index finger. They even tried with ultrasound to get in a vein...no luck. Wasn't painful, just was afaid they wouldn't get to do my surgery because I was dehydrated so bad.

Best of luck to you!! Just breathe through it and you'll be fine!

[oldoneyoungagain 200]

Mother was in the hospital and they were having to change her IV about every three days. One day everything was set up to change but the nurses left it all to go on to do something else. One of her doctors came in and noticed it and told Mother she would set it. The doctor went into the left arm on top into a deep vein (in fact you couldn't see it). The doctor said this one should last longer because the other are the superficial veins and easier to find. So long story short, If they have trouble (I only give them 3 times) then they are told to call in the anesthesiologist, no ifs, no ands, no buts. I've actually have had to do that three times out of five surgeries.

[TinyMamiOf3kids 1,280]

Yes as a fat woman my veins were so hard to find that I was poke on the finger & giving birth csection the IV was on the finger also.

[terry1118 1,274]

Hi everyone.

Ever since I got my date I have been worrying about weird things about the surgery. I have terribly hard veins to find. It's so bad I was sent home when I went for blood work bc they couldn't get one. I had to come back another day. For my stress test' date=' egd etc they have done the IV in my hand. Has anyone had the IV in your hand for surgery? Thanks[/quote']

I had one in my hand years ago. I was really sick with something rare and spent two weeks at Mass General. When I was in intensive care one of the docs was afraid the IV would come out so he put it in the back of my hand and sutured it to my hand for good measure. I was too out of it to care but the nurses were outraged! :-)

[deaddemmama 474]

My iv blew about six hours after sugery. They couldn't get a vein...and after 41/2 hours without pain meds, finally a pediatrics ward nurse got it. I'm a hard stick! Longest four hours of my life!

[chatsmom 22]

Mine was on the bend of my right arm on the opposite side of my elbow. Was the only vein they could find. What a pain in the butt it was, every time I bent my arm in the hospital it would cut flow of the IV and the darn thing would BEEP. Made for 2 horrible nights.

[hockeymumzie 181]

Mine was on my inner left forearm. They insisted on trying my hands even though i told them they will roll and blow. But they did not listen go figure.

[Rem 87]

Mine was on the bend of my right arm on the opposite side of my elbow. Was the only vein they could find. What a pain in the butt it was, every time I bent my arm in the hospital it would cut flow of the IV and the darn thing would BEEP. Made for 2 horrible nights.

Thats where mine was! Was so annoying, constantly beeping at me for the week I was in the hospital.

[Jacqueline K 93]

Luckily they have listened to me so far. Nurse tried once and didn't get it so she said she'd let anesthesia do it.

She bruised me on that one try but at least she didn't try multiple times.