2nd Injection Issue
My 5yr old son was prescribed spiciest auto injectors. I am a retired Army medic who has administered tens of thousands of injections. The first application went exactly as expected. Many tips here helped. Tonight was the second injection. As it was a month since the last injection, I walked through everything step-by-step.
I heard the first click. The pen position didn’t change. The yellow tab remained depressed. The yellow plunger started to push but the medication started seeping out all over my son’s belly. I did not move to see where it was coming from. Then I heard the second click and counted to 5 one thousand. I saw the injection site had a puncture, placed the bandaid, got my phone, removed the bandaid and snapped a photo.
I am not opposed to the possibility that I have done something incorrectly. I just absolutely hate that my son didn’t get the medicine after all the time, energy, and money we and our medical team have dedicated to this.
Has anyone experienced this? I feel like there should be an option that isn’t an auto injector. Should I try and get a replacement? Can I report the issue somehow? I don’t know if he received any of the medication or not.