SO THIS MAKES MY 5TH PICC LINE SINCE 2005. ALL OF THEM HAVE GOTTEN INFECTED, BUT THE 3RD AND THIS LAST ONE. THE DOCTORS CAME IN THIS MORNING AND ONCE AGAIN INFORMED ME THAT I WOULD HAVE THE PICC PLACED TODAY, AND WILL PROBABLY BE HERE A FEW MORE DAYS, TO MAKE SURE ITS WORKING WELL, THEN I'LL GET TO GO HOME.
WELL THIS PICC WANTED TO BE STUBBORN AND PICKY. (NO PUN INTENDED.) SHE FIRST STARTED ON MY RIGHT ARM, BUT DECIDED IT WAS BEST TO GIVE THAT ARM A BREAK, CONSIDERING I JUST HAD ONE PULLED AND MY VEINS ARE T-iny TO BEGIN WITH. SO THE LEFT ARM IT IS! THE FIRST TRY WAS A FAILURE, THE SECOND WAS A BLOODY SUCCESS.
AFTER A WHILE OF PRESSURE ( HARD PRESSURE) ON THE "INSERTION SITE", IT FINALLY QUIT BLEEDING. THAT IS UNTIL I GOT BACK TO MY ROOM, I GOT BACK IN MY BED GOT MY MEDS IN ME, TURNED THE TV BACK ON,LOOKED DOWN, AND ITS BLEEDING LIKE A STUCK PIG. LUCKILY I TOOK A PICTURE TO SHOW YOU BEFORE IT GOT BAD :).
THEY TOOK ME BACK TO RADIOLOGY WHERE I HAD IT DONE, AND THE NICE LADY FIXED ME RIGHT UP. SHE CLEANED THE MESS, PUT SOME STUFF THAT LOOKS LIKE DIRT ON IT, CALLED BIOSEAL. IT ADHEARS TO THE PROTEINS AND FORMS A SCAB, REALLY NEAT STUFF!
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