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[VelKallor]

I should bloody well hope so.

ne of the veins in her left arm can no longer be drawn from due to the sheer amount of scar tissue over the course of two years

When I was in hospital, I had to have repeated blood draws, one of my arm veins was inflamed and I told her "no use the other arm please" , pointed to the sign on my bed placed there by my attending doctor.

The staffer, of course, ignored me and took it from the injured arm. She left and the nurse came in, seeing me crying in pain.

She took one look at my arm, one look at my face, walked out with a face like thunder. A day later I had a new phlebotomist come in, I asked about the other lady, to be told she had been summarily FIRED. .

Why? She had ignored a direct instruction from the patient and disregarded a WRITTEN notice on which arm to use.

My surgeon doesnt like it when his orders are ignored.

A good practitioner should never let things get that bad. Im sorry, Cincierta, thats utterly unforgiveable.