Port-a-Cath Removed
We had some tough conversations about what procedures we wanted to do and deciding if hospice care was appropriate. In the end, she has a blood infection which required removing her port-a-cath (think easy IV access hardware left under the skin). So we removed it today, and will treat the infection, and then _not_ replace it. This last part was a revelation for us (that maybe she didn’t need it anymore). She also has some bleeding going on around her liver. We don’t know what caused that, but are assuming some trauma of some sort (no one is fessing up to know anything about it however). We took her off her preventative blood thinners to let her liver heal. Just need time now, I think.
January 14th, 2010 at 6:32 pm
You and Kaley are in our thoughts and prayers often, and will be more so in the next few days as Kaley is healing. I don’t envy you those tough discussions, but know that whatever decisions you and Kaley need to make don’t have a universal “right or wrong” answer, but you will find an answer that is the right one for both of you personally.