Sending HID scan codes via SoftwareSerial with a helper function

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I'm working on a project where I'm basically making a keyboard for iOS devices. I'm using a bluetooth module (blueSmirf HID from sparkfun) and an Arduino Uno. I'm using the SoftwareSerial library.

I'm trying to clean up a bit of my code so I created this following helper function:

void sendKey(const byte scanCode[], int dly) { 
        //scanCode is a array of 11 hex codes 
        //dly is the amount of delay between the press and the release
        mySerial.write(scanCode, sizeof(scanCode));
        delay(dly);
        mySerial.write(RELEASE, sizeof(RELEASE));
}

But when I put this into my loop(), my Arduino Uno doesn't seem to do anything... Is there any way to encapsulate the press, delay, and release into a helper function? It works when it's not in a helper function.

This doesn't work:

     else if (vf < 512) { //navigate left
  /*      mySerial.write(LEFT, sizeof(LEFT));
        delay(100);
        mySerial.write(RELEASE, sizeof(RELEASE)); */
        
        sendKey(LEFT, 100);

      }

This works:

      else if (vf < 512) { //navigate left
       mySerial.write(LEFT, sizeof(LEFT));
        delay(100);
        mySerial.write(RELEASE, sizeof(RELEASE));

      }

What am I doing wrong?

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We don't work with snippits down here, post ALL of your code. If it is too big to fit into a single sketch, attach the code.