After work today Ron informed me we needed to head to a doctor...his upper arm had been sore since yesterday and he noticed this afternoon it was very red, swollen and pus was oozing from PICC line site. I placed a call to Interventional Radiology at Presbyterian and they said to come right in. We arrived a little after 5 and were greeted by Dr. S (surgeon), Dr. D (IR) and Dr. C (IR) (Dr. A--GI--is out of the country for 2 weeks). They had already been conferring and had a plan of action in place.
PICC line was removed; two IV's were put in (with great difficulty, poor guy); and doppler revealed PICC's vein was clotted (from PICC site and up arm about an inch). He has been admitted for a few days to administer heavy duty antibiotics and run cultures to see what kind of bad bug is causing problem! They are also watching the clot closely to make sure it begins to resolve on it's own and/or if the clot itself is a source of infection that would spread.
I'm home for the night; will work tomorrow, then head up to Presby.
Please pray for definitive results from cultures; as well as clear direction on how to treat. Also for Ron; he's pretty bummed about the situation. Although I did remind him we've set a new record...4 months since his last hospitalization.
Will keep you posted,
Christie
Note to self....always, ALWAYS pack bag before heading to Presby for any reason, regardless of what hubby says; you just never know....!
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