This is the nickname my husband has anointed me with now that I have my very own PICC line. Yes folks, step right up to see the show! I’m an official cyborg! My new little friend was inserted on Monday. Now, this is the first time I am doing IV antibiotics, and I hope it will be my last. I was anxious about the procedure but honestly, it wasn’t terrible. It took the doctor a whole 15 minutes to insert and stitch. Actually, most of the time I had no idea he was working on me. I felt the numbing shot, a tug here, a tug there and presto! Done. The doctor and nurses chatted while they worked and I kept thinking, come on doc, when are you going to get busy? Stop chatting and get this thing in my arm, for reals! Ha,ha and then he was done and gone. So the line is in my left arm since I’m mostly right-handed. The home nurse came yesterday. Now mind you, we live pretty far out of the city, in a double wide mobile home with, hmm, well we have six of our own dogs. Add in a few of my mom’s dogs(she lives on the same acre we own, so that makes 8 when the nurse showed up. Holy geez! Luckily, they all ran outside through the roof is door which I closed quickly behind them! Let’s just leave it at they had some great “yard time” yesterday. They were way more than ready to get back into the a/c when the nurse left. She is a small, petite lady and I really like her. I did my dose on my own today for the most part; my husband was very attentive at making sure there were no air bubbles in the line. I won’t bore you with the details of all the ins and outs of the pics….yet. Heading off to bed. The soreness and stiffness have had a hold of me for a few weeks now and today I have just been exhausted. I was still able to work in a few rounds of Candy Crush though so all in all, I feel like the day has been a Victory! Peace, munchkins. -N
