My Second PICC Line

Got 'er done!

It was easy breezy, except when the line briefly took a wrong turn and headed toward my neck. I tucked my chin and told my vessels to guide it where it needed to go, and it did arrived in my superior vena cava (SVC) without much fuss.

This PICC line is in my dominant arm and will be sore for a few days like last time. I REALLY thought it would be cool to have two "eyeball" scars on the same arm, but the nurse insisted we give my left arm a break. I guess the eyeball scars will have to stare at each other from across the way. 

Once, the nurse told me I had great skin turgor. I told her, "Thank you! I've always prided myself on my turgor." (It's the best and oddest compliment I've received in awhile. I liked it. We laughed. :)

My husband got to assist. He was very capable and was even (jokingly) offered a job on the spot by the nurse who placed this PICC. She is the department manager and has the right to do that sort of thing!

My prizes at the end (besides my fantastic new upper arm accessory) were two pairs of unused clamps and scissors, a new stockinette (with the green stripe), and a new shower cover for my arm. Those kinds of things should go in adult happy meals, you know?! First aid supplies in happy meals--I smell a winner. 

Things are just swell. Everything is as it should be.