HI,BILL--WHY HAVE YOU HAD IT IN SINCE 1998? DO YOU NEED I.V. DRUGS A LOT? IN CURIOUS BECAUSE MOST BAD BLADDER INFECTIONS I HAVE HAD REQUIRED I.V.DRUGS, 3 TIMES I WAS HOSPITALIZED TO GET THEM THEN THE LAST 2 TIMES THEY PUT IN A PICC LINE. MY LAST WAS THIS PAST APRIL, I HOPE I CAN MAKE IT A WHILE MORE WITHOUT NEEDING I.V. MEDS AGAIN. THANKS, DAN H. C-6 12 YEARS POST-- ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI AREA.
________________________________ From: Bill Jenkins <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, October 23, 2009 10:43:33 AM Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Blood Clots - Picc line vs port Discuss with your husband and doctors having a Medi-port put in his chest. I've had one since 1998 and it's great. Less risk of clots, easier access for IV's and not hard to flush and heplock. Bill <--The one in FL C6 Incomplete since 7/20/68 Age 59 Leesburg, FL Live your life in such a way that when your feet hit the floor in the morning, Satan says, "Oh shit! He's awake!" ----- Original Message ----- >From: Kandy Vogelpohl >To: [email protected] >Sent: Friday, October 16, 2009 11:52 AM >Subject: [QUAD-L] Blood Clots - Picc line vs port > > >I need help deciding what to do for my husband. He is a C-4 complete with a >trach and a peg tube. He was hospitlized for a year and has been home since >May. > >Since he has been home he has been hospitizied 3 times with pnemonia and is >currenltly in the hospital. When he goes to the hospital he needs IV meds. >Currenltly his IV is in his foot because his veins are hard to get at. The >hospital wants to put a pic line in again. I have told him no at this time >because his vein is still working. When he was hospitlized (first year), he >got a blood clot in his arm due to the pic line. I am trying to prevent that >from happening again. > >It has been suggested from our home health care agency to get a port >installed, so we can do IV's at home. The doctors have told me they cause >blood clots as well. > >I am trying to make the best decision for my husband without causing anymore >complications, especially blood clots. > >Can anyone tell me what is the lesser of the two evils? Picc line or Port? > >Please provide me some feedback. > >FYI - My husband got MRSA when he was hospitalied initially. It comes and it >goes. I was just reading that the regular IV's can cause that as well.....\ > >I don't what to do. > >Please help. > >Thank you, > >Kandy - wife of C4 complete, accident 5-8-08. ( My husband has many >complications). > > > > > ________________________________ >avast! Antivirus: Inbound message clean. >Virus Database (VPS): 091022-0, 10/22/2009 >Tested on: 10/23/2009 11:14:55 AM >avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2009 ALWIL Software. >
