And All Is Well Day +44

We are tired from yesterdays events. We were up at OU Medical Center to get Stevan's Picc Line inserted at 10am. The nurse we had has was a specially trained nurse who does picc lines all day. He was her first appointment. When we told her all of Stevan's symptoms and they were planning a sonogram of his neck to rule out a blood clot from the other line at 1pm, she decided to get things rearranged and do the sonogram first. The good news, everything looked great! No clot.

Stevan must have been nervous. His blood pressure was a lot higher than it had been in the weeks before. It took the nurse about 10 minutes to put the picc line in. I was able to stay in the room, but I decided I was not going to watch. A few days ago, Stevan and I had looked online and found a video of a picc line being put in. I was getting sick just watching it, so I decided not to watch Stevan's being placed. Stevan said the numbing shots hurt worse than the actual placing the line.

Stevan looking at his picc line
for the first time.

After lunch we headed to the Physicians Building to get Dr. Bender to remove his double lumen Quinton. Stevan was his last appointment of the day and he was running late to boot, but once we got in there it took less than five minutes for him to get prepped and pull out the line.  Again, Stevan said the needles numbing him hurt worse. Dr Bender stuck him about 3 or 4 times and I guess I blinked because I never saw him put the line out. Stevan said he got instant relief in his neck when Dr Bender pulled it out (he never saw him yank it out either).

The hole left in his chest from the Quinton line.

This is the Quinton line that was in his chest.
This is a big line compaired to the picc line.

They were concerned that the line was infected on the tip, but the nurse who assisted Dr Bender said that it did not look infected and it must have been aggravating the muscles in his shoulder into his neck causing him the swelling above the line placement, muscle spasms and pain in his neck.

Stevan says his neck feels much better now. No pain. His throat is still a bit sore but it should go away soon. The picc line will now be used over the next month to administer his antibiotics for his bone infection in his arm.

It was good to come home last night to this wonderful surprise. Its a reminder to enjoy the life going on around you as you deal with your health issues.

This mama has seven babies.

This is a goot mama. Her six babies are her second set this year.