Catheter

My daughter has to get a catheter tomorrow and I was wondering how do they do it I asked her doctor but she told me she will explain tomorrow

Hmm, I'm not much help as I don't know HOW they do it, but I can say that once mine was removed (had no idea it was even in, I was so out of it during and after the C-Section), it hurt like hell to pee for the first time after it was removed! How old is she?

my daughter had one to check for a UTI. She did not like it at all. She was 1 and screamed but it was in and done with then. Is she getting a foley or straight catheter? Mine had the straight, in and out.

she is only a year old I'm probably gonna cry when they do it I cried when they drew blood from her

catheters are evil..i swear i'm going to invent something that does away with the catheter

Quoting Trudy:“ my daughter had one to check for a UTI. She did not like it at all. She was 1 and screamed but it was ... [snip!] ... and screamed but it was in and done with then. Is she getting a foley or straight catheter? Mine had the straight, in and out.”

I'm not sure I didnt ask I didn't know there were two types of them they are doing it becaue when I took her to the ER her urine sample came back with bacteria but the hospital put a bag over her and her doctor said thats not really a sterile way to do it

There are several types of catheters but I'm guessing you mean to drain urine from the bladder a.k.a. foley catheter...?

Quoting Sarah---♥:“ she is only a year old I'm probably gonna cry when they do it I cried when they drew blood from her”

Yeah it is not fun to watch but if they do it with the striaght it is fast and then it is over.

Quoting Scott's mommy:“ catheters are evil..i swear i'm going to invent something that does away with the catheter”

aaahh dont scare me

Quoting Sarah---♥:“ she is only a year old I'm probably gonna cry when they do it I cried when they drew blood from her”

poor little sweetie..when they had to do my son's pku again..i had the overwhelming urge to punch the nurse..but i didn't

Quoting Trudy:“ Yeah it is not fun to watch but if they do it with the striaght it is fast and then it is over.”

how do they get the babies to hold still???

Quoting Scott's mommy:“ poor little sweetie..when they had to do my son's pku again..i had the overwhelming urge to punch the nurse..but i didn't”

I still cry when she gets her shots   I can't stand to see my kids hurting

Quoting Sarah---♥:“ aaahh dont scare

I just don't like them..sorry i didn't mean to scare you, they really aren't that bad just really uncomfortable and not very private..most nurses can do it pretty fast...once it's in it won't hurt as bad it's the getting it in that's the uncomforable part.

they just slide a little tube in the uretha (sp?) and drain a little out of the bladder. Then they slide it out. It is normally only uncomfortable unless the area is inflamed.

Quoting Sarah---♥:“ how do they get the babies to hold still???”

they will do it for a few nurses. don't worry, we do these at work everyday. It's hard to watch your kids go through any pain. I understand.