Dress Rehearsal...10-14-2009

Iinsertion of PICC (Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter) Line at Davies on Oct 14, 2009. At 8 am, Ken Mauldin, RN, met with me in room #494A and explained about the PICC Line. He took vital signs and measured the length of Line from the insertion point to the main vein above the heart. Ken is filling out
forms: who is designated to make medical decisions; consent form; asked question about current meds and allergic medication; questions about medical history; nasopharngeal carcinoma is the cancer being
treated; contracted hepatitis from Joe when he cleaned sewer but cured through medication; two previous hospitalization; at twelve with stomach problem and vomiting; birth of Sophia; TB positve treated from
visitor to dept but no symptoms; dietary restriction not eating sugars and carbs; this morning weight at 110; Patty at 8:45 am is checking equipment 144875; at 8:57 am Ken prepping eq; cleaning right arm with
three disinfectants;  Johnie sat six feet from the surgery so no mask; sensor to find and monitor vein
encapsulated; injected numbing med which promised to sting for ten seconds; 0913 inserting plastic tube or assy; may have left turnicut n too long; flushing line with saline 0929 with just a little mote tubing; looks scary but was okay; 0930 taping insertion and taping area for xray prep; 0937 ken wheeling Lulu to xray and should return in fifteen or less; 0949 returned from xray; need to insert tube a bit further in; 1002 completed PICC Line; 1015 took blood sample of three tubes for weekly routine count in prep for chemotherapy.

At 3pm same day, I went for my radiology for the last dry run, and Nurse Tina gave me a lot of materials showing me how to take care of my soon will be very dry skin and throat.
I am still all right, I will take it one day at a time.