A Sudden Jab Of Terror
Children, Medical Office, Missouri, Nurses, Patients, USA | Healthy | April 29, 2021
When I was around five or six, I was at the doctor’s office for a checkup. I knew I would be receiving an injection, and I was terrified of needles. My mother stepped outside of the room with the doctor while we waited for the nurse to come by with the shot.
There was a slight knock on the door and a nurse popped her head in.
Nurse: “Hi! I just need to grab something real quick.”
And she proceeded to pull out the biggest needle I’d ever seen in my short life! I screamed bloody murder.
My mother and the doctor came running back into the room to find the nurse frantically trying to calm me down, but I refused to even let her touch me. The nurse showed the doctor the needle.
Nurse: “I didn’t mean to scare anyone! I feel horrible.”
After the nurse left, my doctor sat down with me.
Doctor: “That needle is meant for more difficult patients and it does hurt, but you are getting the regular-sized needle that hurts much less.”
I later learned the nurse’s needle was for bone marrow aspiration. I received my injection with no complaint.
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