Fic: Put Me Back Together

[truthaboutglee]

Title: Put Me Back Together
Author: truthaboutglee
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Discussion and detailed description of an injury resulting in a lot of blood, needles and a person having a phobia of blood and needles. If you have any kind of medical squick, I would suggest not reading this.
Word Count: 7,000
Summary: Kurt and Blaine were looking forward to a relaxing

Comments

[preciousmellow]

This was so cute! I had to get stitches in my finger once and I remember the lidocaine shot hurt like a BITCH. They weren't nice enough to give me ativan though and the stitches still hurt a lot even with the lidocaine. No fun. Poor Blainers. Good thing he has Kurt to take care of him :)

[truthaboutglee]

Thank you Becca <3 I had to get a cyst lanced on my chest once and I cried so hard when they were doing the lidocaine because it hurt SO MUCH. I can just imagine how much it would hurt in a finger. I don't think they would generally give ativan to anyone in the situation, but I mean, I totally would if they were going to be super terrified during the whole thing.

[aalikane]

How is it that Blaine was the one with the cut finger, and I'm the one who was feeling the seering pain? When the nurse mentioned that they had to lift the tab of skin up to clean it, all I could do was shiver and recoil my hands from the keyboard in fear....

Well done, impressive fic and not something I'd ever want to go through.

[truthaboutglee]

Wow, thank you very much! :D

I wouldn't wish it on anyone. I've never experienced getting stitches, but I know the numbing medicine hurts A LOT when they inject it and UGH. No thank you.

[aalikane]

I've never had stitches before either, but the injections are a mega bitch to deal with. I had to have surgery on my feet when i was about 13/14.... I was awake for it, and it was a lidocaine/novocaine injection numbing agent and I was crying everytime the damn doctor injected me with more of the stuff. At one point she went to inject me with some more, realized she ran out in the syringe she had been using, kept the syringe in, unscrewed the novocaine holder/container thing, and went to get more. My mom tried to block my view of it, but I saw it and screamed bloody murder. If I ever go through that again, it'll be too soon.

[mimiheart]

My daughter just had to get stitches a few weeks ago. You pretty much did the ER trip just right. They didn't give her Ativan though. They did use a weird hypospray thing instead of a Lidocaine shot, probably only available at a children's hospital. Also, at least where I am, paperwork gets filled out after triage.

This 'verse is fun. I love your characterisations. Poor Blaine.

[truthaboutglee]

Did I? Thank you! I've only been to the ER once and it was with my mom and it wasn't a very critical emergency so I didn't really get a change to experience it properly. Nah, I think ativan is for the really serious cases, like Blaine. I'd honestly rather my patient be a little loopy compared to puking/crying/shaking/whatever because they were so scared.

That's interesting about your daughter though. I've never heard of hypospray. I would imagine it is for special cases, like for kids.

Thank you so much for reading:)

[mimiheart]

I know with the stitches I've had, and my other two have had, they've all had Lidocaine shots. My son had the hypospray before a blood draw at the same hospital before some major surgery six weeks ago. It's cool. No needle, just a syringe type thing and an air-spray that leave a little numbing circle. They let us keep the syringe. And for sure loopiness!

:)

[fara1903]

That was adorable though Blaine hurting himself was no fun. Glad Kurt was there to help him through it!