Hospital tomorrow for this lineogram to check his portacath is working OK.
Best case scenario; it bleeds back for bloods and takes in IVs perfectly.
Worst case; it’s not working properly for bloods or IVs, and he’ll need more surgery for a new port (also not good because that is one less place to site a port (you can’t use the same vein twice and there are only so many places on a body that you can have a port fitted). Since the life span of a port can be 5-10 years, we could do with this one lasting more than just less than 2!
Likely outcome is midfield... it will continue to not bleed back, but will happily take IVs, in which case we accept he needs a separate needle for bloods, but happily stick with this port for his much needed IVs.
Isaac is feeling pretty good this week, which feels pretty weird as we will kick off IV antibiotics next week... but knowing this should set him up with the bug-arse-kicking lung health that we want for winter... bring it on!
No-deal Brexit-shit-lit: What Yellowhammer says:
- Supply chains for medicines and medical products are "particularly vulnerable" to disruption at the Channel ports
- While some products can be stockpiled, others cannot because they have a short shelf life. It will not be practical to stockpile products to cover expected delays of up to six months.
© Pierre Pellegrini
