[blparent] meds

[Leanne Merren]

Hi Leslie,
You can do it independently.  I always have.  What I do is have the 
pharmacist use a knife to make a groove in the plunger of a syringe (not a 
drop syringe, a plunger syringe).  He sets the syringe at the amount I will 
need, then makes the groove immediately above the barrel.  To draw up the 
meds, I insert the syringe into the bottle (I always make sure it's 
sterilized before doing this of course), I pull up on the plunger then push 
it back down all the way to release any air.  Then I draw it up again past 
the point I need, then stick my fingernail in the groove in the plunger, 
then push down until my fingernail touches the top of the barrel.  I usually 
keep a syringe in a plastic bag and rubber band it to the bottle of medicine 
I will be using it for.
Hope that helps.
Leanne
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Leslie Hamric" <lhamric930 at comcast.net>
To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2010 2:44 PM
Subject: [blparent] meds


> Hi all. I know this discussion took place a while ago but I was wondering 
> if
> I could have some ideas of how to measure meds for Michael independently.
> Or is it better to get sighted assistance with this task?  Thanks.
>
> Leslie
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