Raul had his tunneled catheter central line placed yesterday. Their
hope was that they could place a PICC instead until his fevers are fully
cleared up, but his arm wounds did not allow for that to happen. They
had told us that if they got the PICC it would be a short procedure, and
it would be longer if they did the full central line, so we knew when
he was in there over an hour that the central line was placed!
He was super unhappy during the day about being NPO. They had to
stop his formula and any eating by mouth at 8am, and they stopped clear
liquids at 1pm. Unfortunately, his procedure was delayed, and he didn't
go back until after 5pm, so it was a long day! When he woke up he
scarfed down a baby food pouch, a bit of drinkable yogurt, and some
powerade! We also met with infectious disease and the pain team again,
as well as the BMT team and visit from Dr. Tolar! Orthopedic surgery
tried to come by at 10pm when he was sleeping and hadn't had his
pre-medication and asked to see his legs, but I declined, so they will
come back Monday! Thankfully he finally slept well last night!
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