HIGH MAINTENANCE

I’m not talking about me…I’m talking about my PICC line. Annie from Walgreens came by the house to do a demonstration of flushing out the line once a day. A big thank you to Patti for taking on the task flushing out the line. Also the dressing has to be changed out once a week [...]

PICC LINE

Today they put in a PICC line; it’s similar to a standard IV and is inserted in my upper left arm. It was somewhat a painful process but I get to keep it in for a year if needed. The joy of having the PICC line is that I don’t have to get poked or [...]

OUCH!

This morning I woke up with a scratchy throat and after I had a sip of my morning coffee, I started throwing up. I took some pain medication and nausea medicine, but that came right back out. I spent the rest of the day vomiting and feeling nauseated, I ended up going to the ER [...]