Central Line replaced

Sorry for not updating sooner but here’s the latest.

Late Thursday evening, they finally decided that her central line did need to come out because of the red streaks coming from where the line entry was. They told her not to eat after midnight because of the surgery would be early Friday morning. In the morning they said it would be a little late and they should start at noon. Noon passed and they where still behind. At 4:30 she was getting hungry by now. Will after a looooooong day of waiting they took her down at 8pm.

The surgery went well, they put in a temporary central line, which will last for a couple of weeks. By then her white cells will be going up and the infected area on her chest will have a chance to heal. She will also get at PIC line next week.

We got her back to the room, and about 12:30 AM we got her headaches and chest pain under control. Then she was VERY hungry and she was not tired. Mary and her stay up until 2am watching TV. So they slept in this morning.

Her headaches are about the same and we are controlling them with the medicine. She has received 2 units of platelets in the pass 2 days (please go and give). Her white cells are still at .02 and her other counts look good. We are still fighting the high blood pressure. It comes and goes. About every 12 hours in goes up to 160 or 170 over 110.
The doctors put her on a new medicine and it should start helping

Elaine has a deep cough, so Grandma and her are not coming down, but they will next weekend.

Keep the prayers coming and THANKS!

Tim and Mary

note: the above entry is a copy originally posted on our ‘Caring Bridge’ website.