The Walk Beside

Unstitched

Posted on April 21st, 2008 by Cam.
Categories: Let's talk.

Still feeling ok today, aside from a little stomach cramping and being very tired.

As nice as I like to be in regards to the job the anesthetist did inserting the central line, I conceded today that I could have done a better job and wish I had of taken over mid-procedure. When you have a tube pushed through your neck, you expect there to be a little discomfort. I was experiencing more discomfort than what I though was fair, kind of like the tube was pulling the skin even when my head was still. When I went to the hospital this morning, the nurse took the dressing off and revealed the problem. When the poor lass was stitching the tube to my neck, she had tightly tied the tube to a stitch in the skin a fair way away from the tube itself, resulting in the skin being constantly stretched.

Uncomfortable. The nurse got straight to it, cut the stitches out and immediately relieved a stress that was consuming my entire upper body. So liberating. She fixed it up very nicely and now I am a lot more comfortable.

The rest of the day was given over to resting and recovering. All my bloods seem to be good so I am happy with that. I am beginning to wonder if they gave me the chemo at all.

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