If you don't know what a PICC line is .. well you're lucky so far! It stands for peripherally inserted central catheter. It's basically a semi-permanent tube that is inserted into the arm into a major vein, and slid up into the chest until the end sits close to the heart. The exterior part has several heads where nurse can draw blood, give injections, give chemo, hook up IV lines, etc etc (all color coded of course). Once it's settled, it doesn't hurt much. As long as you can forget that you have this thing inside you! Yuckers!
But that he's thinking about the day they remove it is a good thing. This is a guy that is going to get better god damn it! :-)
Today KD had his Vincristine IV drip and an L-Asparaginase injection. It's the Vincristine that makes him achy and sore like he's getting the flu. He gets one more L-Asp shot on Friday and that's the end of this cycle of chemo. The next cycle is pretty much the same as this month. Two weeks of daily treatment, then two weeks of twice-weekly treatment. (We're still arguing about whether he has to get another bone marrow biopsy and lumbar puncture at the beginning of the month. If we can find the schedule we'll know, but until then the debate continues...)
I watched CSI (at CBS.com) tonight while I ate dinner and am so grossed out I can't think of a joke to close with. I mean, eeew! Why do I do that? I usually have to watch the icky parts with my eyes closed anyway. And here I am EATING food and watching them poke around in human tissue. Ewwww!
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I had a picc line once...they're not fun :(
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