![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bunrabThings had been proceeding normally here, although as Kelly threatened a few days ago, the cheerful and funny patient did have occasional moments of tired and cranky as the week wore on. We thought she was on track to leave the hospital Thursday, but some procedural difficulties have interfered, delaying check-out until Sunday.
In order to continue intravenous antibiotics at home for the next several weeks, they wanted to install a PICC (Periferal Inserted Central Catheter, the long-term IV socket I mentioned earlier), but the team that does this was running a couple of days behind. They finally got to Kelly Friday morning, inserting a catheter tube into a big artery in the upper arm and running it through to near the heart, then verifying its proper placement with a big portable X-ray machine.
The only remaining issue now is the daily change of dressing on the wound left by removing the pacemaker, which I will be doing at home on weekends and other days that the in-home nursing visit does not occur. Although I have now seen this done in the hospital, I want to see it with the different set of supplies designed for in-home use. Since the first available visit at home for this is Sunday, Kelly will remain in the hospital, under professional care, until checking out Sunday morning.
It's late, and I need to get some sleep before going back in Saturday. Good night, all.
In order to continue intravenous antibiotics at home for the next several weeks, they wanted to install a PICC (Periferal Inserted Central Catheter, the long-term IV socket I mentioned earlier), but the team that does this was running a couple of days behind. They finally got to Kelly Friday morning, inserting a catheter tube into a big artery in the upper arm and running it through to near the heart, then verifying its proper placement with a big portable X-ray machine.
The only remaining issue now is the daily change of dressing on the wound left by removing the pacemaker, which I will be doing at home on weekends and other days that the in-home nursing visit does not occur. Although I have now seen this done in the hospital, I want to see it with the different set of supplies designed for in-home use. Since the first available visit at home for this is Sunday, Kelly will remain in the hospital, under professional care, until checking out Sunday morning.
It's late, and I need to get some sleep before going back in Saturday. Good night, all.
