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I think 3131s's theory is that the amount of pain from a needle is much less than say scraping your knee, hardly traumatic, and is guaranteed to work better, fa
by PostOnce 9y ago
I think 3131s's theory is that the amount of pain from a needle is much less than say scraping your knee, hardly traumatic, and is guaranteed to work better, faster, and more reliably than a spoon. Why risk the spoon not working (and therefore further dehydrating the child and increasing risk of something really bad happening) when all we are talking about is an IV, not something actually traumatic like an amputation.
- DoreenMichele 9y agoThis varies a lot. Some people seriously don't deal well with needles. Your cavalier attitude towards them is not universally shared.
- tmp-20150107 9y agoThis is odd to me - how would a four year old develop a fear of needles? At worst they're an instantaneous sharp pain that lasts milliseconds, most of the time they aren't even felt...
- chopin 9y agoEvery IV carries the risk of thrombosis. So I would avoid it, if I can.
- upvotinglurker 9y agoIf the IV reduces or eliminates the discomfort of dehydration faster (which it seems it would do faster than hours of spoon-feeding?), that might also actually reduce the overall trauma level.