The couple of times I got a pic line, I had it done in the outpatient xray room at the hospital and came right home. No hospital stay at all. I'm glad you are home and I bet you were a bit freaked out after that mess. I bet you are glad you are home getting those meds verses the hospital.
Stacy ----- Original Message ---- From: Danny Hearn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, April 5, 2008 4:11:21 PM Subject: [QUAD-L] home from hospital- with 1st picc line -- yahoo ;-) Hello again everyone ! I only had to spend 2 days in the hospital--- here is my short story of the kinda bad experience... the 1st night a nurse shot an empty siringe of air into my stomach, then said oh my gosh I forgot to put the heperin blood thinner in there. That kinda scared me but they said it would not hurt me. Then the same nurse was told to draw 2 large vials of blood for tests and 2 small vials--- well half thru she said oh my gosh hand on don't move... I forgot all the vials, and ran from the room,, then returned with more vials saying I'm so sorry all this is happening because i'm a very competent nurse. ( Me and my wife were getting scared and was not sure she was competent ! ) lol Then later the next shift nurse put in an IV for antibiotics and it blew my vein that night causing my arm to swell up very large and could not get a vein to work in my other arm after 3 or 4 tries. So then they let me just stay overnight, without any fluids or antibiotics and said they were giving me a PICC LINE the next day. Well they gave me a zanex to make me relaxed and the Lady came in and put the picc line in so easily with NO PROBLEMS ! I did'nt even feel a thing ! Thanks!!! to all who gave me advice about the PICC line--- A home care nurse came today and taught my wife how to give the antibiotics- flush and Etc. and we just finished our 1st home treatment.........man it is so nice this way and probably safer than in the hospital with careless nurses. -- Thanks Again all ! now I will not be so scared of a picc line in the future. Dan H. C-6 St.Louis, Mo. ____________________________________________________________________________________ You rock. That's why Blockbuster's offering you one month of Blockbuster Total Access, No Cost. http://tc.deals.yahoo.com/tc/blockbuster/text5.com
