[blparent] measuring meds in drops

[Veronica Smith]

Ok, don't laugh, I got my syringe from a "feed store." They have the perfect
size droppers.  I just took it home and boiled it to make sure it was clean.
v

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Robert Jaquiss
Sent: Sunday, February 21, 2010 11:22 PM
To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blparent] measuring meds in drops

Hello BArbara:

     Perhaps you could use a syringe and have someone pull the plunger up 
the appropriate ammount and then cut a notch in the shaft. You also might 
contact the vendor of the medicine and ask for a more precise measurement. 
Ask for it to be converted to milliliters. I think syringes are calibrated 
to milliliters. A Vetinary supply store may be able to help you get a 
syringe. They can be prescribed as well. At one time, there were devices 
used by diabetics to measure insulin when syringes were used for injecting.

Regards,

Robert

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Barbara Hammel" <poetlori8 at msn.com>
To: <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 21, 2010 11:02 PM
Subject: [blparent] measuring meds in drops


> Have any of you ever had to measure medicine in drops?  We're trying a new

> natural substance to help one of the twins sleep and he only needs nine 
> drops.  Right now my sighted husband just puts them in the water and draws

> it up in the syringe for us.  I can't think of any way that I could do 
> this myself because 9 to 10 drops is all he needs.  Any more may be 
> overmedicating.
> Barbara
>
> A Congress that will always do its work in the dark must have something to

> hide.  The people have spoken, yet they do not listen.
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