Guest guest Posted January 4, 2006 Report Share Posted January 4, 2006 Hm, the reasons for having a central line sound great, and if I can have one put in after I'm unconscious, that would be dandy with me. Feeling slightly less sissy-ish, Sharon [ ] Re: Central line/Kam > Kam, > > When I had my original Harrington Rod surgery the big thing was a > flexible IV needle they put in your hand. That slipped out of my vein > and my whole hand/wrist swelled up something terrible. I'm sure a > central line is great, but I am not excited about having one EVER for > any reason. :-) > > Kathy > > > >> >> Mine was just below my clavicle on the right side...not really my >> neck. I was very concerned about it at first, but requested I have >> another one for the anterior surgery because I know how often they >> come in to draw blood and give pain meds, etc. It also was used for > my >> TPN (IV nutrition), which I lived on for 12 days. I am not sure why > I >> was on it for so long, but it and ice chips were my only sustenance >> for 12 days! So, I could keep getting the nutrition, have blood > drawn, >> and I suppose they could have injected something else in the third > one >> simultaneously, but I think only two lines were ever used at once. >> Nevertheless, they came in daily to draw blood from it and the few >> times I was nauseous in the hospital, they used it to give me > nausea >> medication as well. >> >> I was only sore the day they put it in, but by the time I woke up > from >> surgery, I didn't even notice it. Kathy, this is the greatest > medical >> invention of my lifetime! >> >> kam >> > > > > > > > > > scoliosis veterans * flatback sufferers * revision candidates > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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