Looking at this picture, you can see that the hand closest to the IV pump has a blanket pulled over it. Over the hospital stay, Luke developed a practice of covering the hand with the IV catheter in it. We imagine, another security action. It was very sad to realize that he was so aware of the pain and fear. At one point, they would take blood from his finger tips 3 times a day. Not like a drop. It was actually more like 50 or 100 drops. They warmed his fingers, then pricked them, they squeeeeeezed the blood out of his fingers. Similarly, they would check his temp and blood pressure around the clock. Luke would scream "go away" and "too tight". If you wanted to be his friend, you would not wear a lab coat or scrubs.
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