Guest guest Posted July 6, 1999 Report Share Posted July 6, 1999 Congrats Kiana, Glad all went well with that procedure....and even gladder you did not fall out of bed. Wishing you the best with the IV treatment, keep us posted. Hugs, Marta NJ >From: Kiana Rossi <bornfree@...> > >I was quite nervous about this procedure because I don't like hospitals to >begin with but I took 1 little Xanax [only 0.25mg] and it did the trick!!! > >Tim put the PICC line and had only a little difficulty with starting. The >rest went easy, in the right place too. > >Because I took the Xanax I was very relaxed and full of jokes and puns. So >Tim had fun with it too. I asked him to draw me a picture of where the >PICC line would go. His picture was ... pathetic. I told him, " You >definitely aren't artistic, but very vein. " He got it right away. > >Before he began the procedure Tim forgot to put the side rails up on the >bed on one side. He was already in his sterile gown and gloves. The nurse >who tightened the torniquet almost had a cow. I thought about it in the >back of my head but thought Tim would remember. Here the bed is way up in >the air. Tim is 6' 7 " ! So it was a long way down to the floor for me. >Any way the nurse handled the side rail situation. It was an interesting >moment. Being nurses, we all three chuckled about the little things we >sometimes forget to do. > >When he pulled out the long metal guide at the very end he told me not to >look. But I just had to see how long it was. I couldn't believe what I >saw. Geesh! Long sucker that was way inside of me. > >And the coolest part! I got to warm the x-ray plate for the next customer! >hehehehe lol lol lol!!! > >Kiana Rossi (Northern CA) >mailto:bornfree@... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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