Thursday, November 19, 2009

Thursday 19 November 2009 Cycle Seven, Day Fifteen, Treatment Three

Well this week it only took One nurse two tries to get the IV started. She got in on the first try but for some reason the IV *catheter* (These Intravenous Catheters have a central needle, for starting the IV, surrounded by a soft, flexible catheter.) would not **thread** into the vein. She finally gave up and pulled it out---no wonder it was defective material. The needle had gone thru the catheter about ¼ of an inch from the end of it. So she tried a 2nd spot and got that one in and working ok. She hooked up the IV fluid and I said ----ummmm it’s leaking. Where she hooked up the IV tubing to the IV site wasn’t quite secure, she tightened it up, then cleaned up my hand and arm and all was well for the rest of the time.
The ribs are finally starting to feel better. I’m not taking near as many pain pills for it any more.
Quote of the week: A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. (Herm Albright)

1 comment:

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