So, here is the scoop:
I hang the antibiotic IV twice and a day, prime the tube, clean the tip of the PICC line (which she got today, flush it with saline, hook the PICC line and the antibiotic together, let that run for 90 minutes, unhook it, flush it with saline, then flush it with herceptin. There are quite a few other things that go along with it...but that's the jest. Its pretty involved but its a very cool learning experience.
Today I actually took out my mom's old peripheral IV...what a trip...here is what it looked like after I took it out.
The light blue part was the part that was inserted in her vein. Please do not fret...this photo was taken after I took it out and laid the IV on the floor.
Alright, sorry to cut it short...but Ive got to go to bed so that Nurse Ratched can get up in time tomorrow morning.
Also, my mom is doing fabulously!
Upon arrival at a mental institution, a brash rebel rallies the patients together to take on the oppressive Nurse Ratched, a woman more a dictator than a nurse. ---One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
3 comments:
...okay! I can go to bed now! Good job Michelle! Sending love to ya'll from hot azz Phoenix..and BTW ..GO COWBOYS! LOL
the lil present should be there on Wednesday..let me know when she gets it..
XOXO
Aunt ..you know who it is..Nancy
Well, you're a better person then I am. I don't know if I could have handled that. Me and blood and or needles or IV's freak me outtt. hehe I'm glad you we're successful!
:)
jenna
Welcome back home and good on you nurse ratched. You may change your vocation at the end of all of this.
Pleased you are home again, nothing like it. keep up the good work and will pass info to all at PDs tonite.
Love Joy
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