This week has been a headache. On Monday night/Tuesday morning around 2:30 a.m. somehow my Hickman line came out. So I had to go to the ER and get a chest x-ray to make sure it came all the way out and there wasn't any damage. Everything was okay, but this unfortunate situation meant that I needed to contact my physicians in Chicago to see what they wanted to do about reinserting a line.
So on Wednesday, I headed to Chicago and saw Drs. Hanauer and Semrad. It was their thought that I'm not ready to be done with TPN, but more importantly saline if I continue to feel dehydrated. As Dr. Semrad desribed it, its better to make sure I don't get run down before we do anything. We want to keep moving forward rather than going backward at all. In the end I agreed.
Unfortunately, they could not insert it in Chicago on Wednesday or Thursday a.m. So, I decided to see whether they could insert it in Michigan. After plenty of checking, they determined they could insert it todayin the early afternoon. So I missed my disability infused part-time day of work for a second day and Friday is Veteran's Day. That means a really long weekend, something I wasn't really looking for.
One thing I did learn about in Chicago is a new drug that builds tissue in the small bowel. The goal is to increase the asorbtion amount by increasing the density of the small bowel. We may try that to see if I can become less dependent on saline fluids.
Enjoy your weekend.
