Another quick update...
Things continue to roll right along :). I am sleeping MUCH better (yay
for 6 hrs of sleep again without having to take any sleep meds!). I am also
able to walk up the stairs in our house without having to pull myself up with
the handrail (I still have to hold on to the railing for support, but I am
definitely making serious progress as far as my muscle tone goes!) :)
On Monday this week I had to go into Kaiser and get my
PICC line replaced because the one that was in my arm was coming out! Apparently a PICC line should end in your
heart (where it dumps the meds you infuse) and mine had pulled out of my arm
slowly over time (the past month or so) to the point that 7cm of the line was
sticking out of my arm (instead of the 2-3cm that is standard)...so my previous
PICC line wasn't dumping into my heart anymore and instead it was dumping into
the vein just outside the heart. This isn't
a huge deal for my IV electrolyte hydration infusions everyday, however, my
treatment team said that they couldn't use my PICC the way it was to infuse
anything else (meds, chemo, etc) and that heaven forbid, I land back in the
hospital for anything they would need access to a fully functioning PICC line,
so they wanted me to get it replaced/fixed.
The procedure on Monday went very smoothly. They confirmed with a chest x-Ray that this
latest PICC (3rd time's a charm, right?!?) is properly placed and I am pleased
that it went so smoothly (to be honest I was really worried about it giving me
another blood clot). I am going to have
to be very diligent about remembering to pick Scotty up with my left arm
(non-PICC arm) because I am not supposed to do any heavy lifting with that arm
and they think that *might* be one of the possible reasons that the previous
PICC line started to come out...one of the hazards of being a mommy, I guess :)
lol
Other than getting my PICC line replaced earlier this
week, no major updates on me. Biggest
news around here at Casa de Voss is that
we officially have a "toddler" and Scotty is walking up a storm these
days! He started earlier this week and I
was able to capture some video while I was home with him during the afternoon
on Tues and Wednesday! :). It is so
awesome to watch him navigate his way as he practices this new skill! He is going to keep us on our toes, for
sure! :). That's good though, I could use
the exercise of chasing after him!!! :).
-Chellie
