So they got the port out. Great. But when the doctor asks why the catheter is so short and if he really was the one that put it in, it's not so great.
He poked and prodded. He couldn't find the catheter. But the x-ray found the catheter. See the images below. Notice the big cloudy area in the middle? That's my heart. That's where my catheter is.
(X-ray from December 12, 2008 - click to make bigger)
(X-ray from September 7, 2008 - click to make bigger)
He poked and prodded. He couldn't find the catheter. But the x-ray found the catheter. See the images below. Notice the big cloudy area in the middle? That's my heart. That's where my catheter is.
(X-ray from December 12, 2008 - click to make bigger)
(X-ray from September 7, 2008 - click to make bigger)(I have another x-ray from the surgery, but I haven't uploaded it yet. I'll update this when I do.)
Did you notice that the catheter wasn't in the same place in each of the x-rays? It really is floating around. And it seems to be going upward, not downward like I would have expected. Does this mean that it has cycled around and is going with the flow of blood? Or is it going backwards, against the flow?
So I'm scheduled for more surgery on Monday. Yeehaw. I have to go to Denver to get the floating-around catheter out. The surgeon that removed my port said it should be a simple lasso operation, but for some reason I'm not expecting anything easy. The port removal was supposed to be easy, but obviously it went from a five minute operation to an hour and a half exploration.
Wish me luck.
Did you notice that the catheter wasn't in the same place in each of the x-rays? It really is floating around. And it seems to be going upward, not downward like I would have expected. Does this mean that it has cycled around and is going with the flow of blood? Or is it going backwards, against the flow?
So I'm scheduled for more surgery on Monday. Yeehaw. I have to go to Denver to get the floating-around catheter out. The surgeon that removed my port said it should be a simple lasso operation, but for some reason I'm not expecting anything easy. The port removal was supposed to be easy, but obviously it went from a five minute operation to an hour and a half exploration.
Wish me luck.
Ouch. I hope everything goes well.
Best of luck -- I'm definitely keeping you in my thoughts.
Where are your nipples?!