Guest guest Posted January 3, 2006 Report Share Posted January 3, 2006 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 > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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