[blparent] meds

[Dena Wainwright]

I have no vision, and I gave Elise her Reflux meds twice a day by myself for 
4 months. You can do what Leanne suggested - getting someone to mark the 
plunger of the syringe, or you can also get syringes of varying sizes. E.g., 
Elise's dose was 5 MLs each time, so I had a 5 ML syringe. I filled it up, 
and gave it to her. Obviously, he'll be taking smaller doses, given how 
little he is, but you can get syringes that are 1 ML, and maybe even 
smaller. In terms of actually getting the meds into him, you can push a 
small amount at a time into his mouth. You put the tip of the syringe inside 
the corner of his mouth - with the end facing his cheek so the meds don't 
shoot down his throat. It helps to have him on his back so that gravity can 
do some of the work for you. I would just shoot a tiny amount in, wait for 
the swallow, and then push the plunger down a bit further. It always helps 
if it's a med that's flavored, because they take it more readily. 
Unfortunately, the Reflux meds we used were kind of yucky, so I always had a 
harder time getting it all into her without a portion of the dose being spit 
out.
Dena

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Leslie Hamric" <lhamric930 at comcast.net>
To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2010 1:44 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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