This is all new to me and I know many of you have gone through this too.
Josh's new port (or the line) is becoming occluded several times during his doses of IVs. The nurses said it could be that his tissue is still swollen, or that the needle is placed too far in (close to the back of the resevoir) or it could be the wrong needle all together. It gets better when he moves position but it is terribly uncomfortable and inconvenient.
He's really discouraged because the new port was suppose to solve his IV problems- not create more.
I'm sure some of you have ideas for us.
Also, tegaderm makes him itchy so we used sorbaview for his PICCs. Any other ideas for that?
Thanks
Josh's new port (or the line) is becoming occluded several times during his doses of IVs. The nurses said it could be that his tissue is still swollen, or that the needle is placed too far in (close to the back of the resevoir) or it could be the wrong needle all together. It gets better when he moves position but it is terribly uncomfortable and inconvenient.
He's really discouraged because the new port was suppose to solve his IV problems- not create more.
I'm sure some of you have ideas for us.
Also, tegaderm makes him itchy so we used sorbaview for his PICCs. Any other ideas for that?
Thanks