No place like home!

Holy Cow....Finally, we are home!!!

It's been a very, very long day but we arrived home around 8:30 ish. Ron was on target to be dismissed around 10 AM, all his doctors had been in and signed off, home health had been arranged, prescriptions filled, etc. BUT, when they came to do a last blood draw, his PICC would not draw, nor would it flush...not a good thing since he's only had it for a little over a week. They tried every trick in the book to troubleshoot but he ended up having to go back to Interventional Radiology this afternoon to have a new PICC placed. After placement, he had to be monitored for 2 hours with vitals taken every 30 minutes; UGH!!!

In the midst of this frustrating, hurry up and wait situation; we received a huge blessing. As I spoke with the pharmacist who formulates Ron's TPN (specialized pharmacy, not retail); we were going over all the medications he will be taking when she asked how he would be receiving the heparin. After I explained the process she told me that because of the specialization of her pharmacy they could actually pre-fill our syringes with the Heparin. Now, instead of a 6 step process where I have to handle filling the syringes from a vial, it goes down to a 3 step process. I'm sure this doesn't sound like that big of a deal to you, but it is HUGE for me! Anywho, I had to come home to pick up the vials and take them to their pharmacy in Dallas then go back to Presby to wait for Ron to go to IR. They then delivered them to our house, as they do our weekly supplies.

Whew!!!! Quite a day; but as Dorothy said, "There's no place like home!"

Christie