Friday 24 February 2012

Howdy... let me start by saying yesterday was more eventful than I would have liked...

I woke up started my normal routine ( well what is now normal ) breakfast , pills.. etc. Then I noticed that my picc line was leaking. I called the magic number they gave me and they said to head to the hospital emerge... I still had the chemo pump on so the were concerned that it was the chemo leaking out.

So I messaged a few friends to see who was off and Phil offered to take me down to the hospital ( ty Phil .. if you even read this geesh :P ) none the less... We get there and i'm standing in line "VERY" ok .. maybe not very patiently but I was waiting none the less. I was next in line and the nurse says "I'm just going to take the lady to the right of you first"  Ummmm that's when I got a little upset as I don't think it's fair because I wasn't a senior citizen nor did I have blood coming out of any of my appendages that she assume that my emergency room visit was any less important. So I stood my ground.. let her know that I was "EVERY" bit as important and that I would be keeping my place in line. She didn't argue and took my information and then I was off to nurse two to be assesed and triaged.

The triage nurse was very nice I must say and treated me with urgency and even got me to the chemo nurse in Ambulatory care so I didn't have to wait in emerge to see a doctor ( very nice of her ).
As I was sitting waiting to speak to the nurse again she had a look at my picc line and called Abbotsford Cancer Clinic - They requested that I come there instead of Chilliwack.  So Phil kindly drove me all the way to Abby.

I really hadn't been feeling so well all day and the travelling only made me feel worse... The nurses changed the bandages on my picc line and took off my Chemo pump - theye didn't think it was chemo leaking out of the picc line as generally they said that woudl crystalize and this had not. So that was a good thing.

So we finally get to leave the hospital and I think I am going home to nap because I still feel so horrible... but just as i'm about to... yup you guessed it more leaking - So I called the "magic" number and they asked that I come to Abby hospital once again...  So this time Lori was nice enough to take me where they changed the dressing again added some patting to soak up any leakage and stated that I may need to go back in the morning ( today ). I am thankful when they called the leaking had stopped from what I could see and I didn't have to go in.

These last few days have been very tiring and I have felt very nauseous which I don't like.. good news is I'm able to get lots of rest and no puking thus far...

Well all i'm off to go relax I didn't want you to miss out on my amazing journey over the last few days... So I stayed up ALL THIS EXTRA time... to ensure you got it.. ( ok i'm totally lying but none the less off the pc I go hahahah )

Have a nice night all *Hugs* :)


1 comments:

Breland16 said...

I am happy to drive and help whenever I can dear <3

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