We were too busy celebrating last night to share the news. Yesterday, Sarah had the PICC line removed and shed herself of the load that she has had to carry around for the past five weeks. She seems transformed by this - immediately making calls to her work supervisor and her friends at the Concord YMCA to say that "I'm coming back!" In fact she and her mom went to the Y today for a light workout.
Yesterday, Sarah was home by herself because both Seddon and I had to work and we could not find someone to stay with her. Well, looks like we didn't really need anyone to do that. Late morning, Sarah had a call from the nurse practitioner in the Infectious Disease department at Dartmouth Hitchcock to tell her that all of Monday's lab work and other tests were fine. The nurse said that she would call the visiting nurse to tell her to come out and remove the PICC line. The visiting nurse then called and Sarah scheduled a time for the home visit. The nurse came, removed the PICC line, took away all of the equipment, drew some blood for a coagulation test, and put a dressing on the line site - all of which Sarah handled on her on. She did send me a brief text message describing all of the days events - and indicating her intention to have a celebratory dinner out (Olive Garden is usually her top pick) and would I like to come. And so that is what the four of us did!
One remaining issue is that the wound from the surgery on her right femoral artery (right upper thigh) is healing very slowly. There are three open areas, and the infectious disease nurse at Monday's visit thought the open wounds might be connecting - "tunneling" - with one another. So at 6:30 this morning the phone rang. It was the cheerful scheduling person from the vascular surgery clinic saying Sarah's vascular surgeon would like to have a look at this wound. I said that this was not a convenient time for him to drop by because Sarah was still sleeping. She said that she was actually hoping that we would come to his office at the medical center. So, we have a new trip to the medical center (75 minutes each way) planned for tomorrow afternoon. Don't get me wrong, I am glad to have this checked and attended to if necessary. But, it's just a little anti-climatic after the celebration of the PICC line removal of the night before. (Is there always another shoe that drops? Probably not. I hope.)
Yesterday, Sarah was home by herself because both Seddon and I had to work and we could not find someone to stay with her. Well, looks like we didn't really need anyone to do that. Late morning, Sarah had a call from the nurse practitioner in the Infectious Disease department at Dartmouth Hitchcock to tell her that all of Monday's lab work and other tests were fine. The nurse said that she would call the visiting nurse to tell her to come out and remove the PICC line. The visiting nurse then called and Sarah scheduled a time for the home visit. The nurse came, removed the PICC line, took away all of the equipment, drew some blood for a coagulation test, and put a dressing on the line site - all of which Sarah handled on her on. She did send me a brief text message describing all of the days events - and indicating her intention to have a celebratory dinner out (Olive Garden is usually her top pick) and would I like to come. And so that is what the four of us did!
One remaining issue is that the wound from the surgery on her right femoral artery (right upper thigh) is healing very slowly. There are three open areas, and the infectious disease nurse at Monday's visit thought the open wounds might be connecting - "tunneling" - with one another. So at 6:30 this morning the phone rang. It was the cheerful scheduling person from the vascular surgery clinic saying Sarah's vascular surgeon would like to have a look at this wound. I said that this was not a convenient time for him to drop by because Sarah was still sleeping. She said that she was actually hoping that we would come to his office at the medical center. So, we have a new trip to the medical center (75 minutes each way) planned for tomorrow afternoon. Don't get me wrong, I am glad to have this checked and attended to if necessary. But, it's just a little anti-climatic after the celebration of the PICC line removal of the night before. (Is there always another shoe that drops? Probably not. I hope.)
I am so very happy to hear that Sarah's really and truly finally on the mend! Good luck in the time ahead!
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