Brenda,

My husband had some issues with his veins...one time he was poked for an hour by three different nurses. I was told never to let him get poked again more than 2 times, because there are specialists in the hospital that deal with difficult veins. (of course, i learned this after the fact)

They started to put hot, wet towels on his arem for a 1/2 hour prior to looking for a vein. It seemed to work. He did not like the day he felt like a human pin cushion.

Good luck,