Post by wheezie on Jul 19, 2007 5:08:38 GMT -5
Following is an email from my daughter. Thank you for your prayers.
Camden is home now. He could not get his PICC line today. They tried two times, but the sedation medication was not enough to sedated Camden and the doctor could not thread the catheter in. He has a regular IV line for now and he will have to go to Danbury Hospital for the PICC placement. He will be under anesthesia for the procedure (in interventional radiology). Doing it this way they won't have to count on Camden to stay still and in IR they use an ultrasound to guide them so it will be in the right spot. Today was a difficult day for Camden and Mommy!! It was very difficult to hear Camden from the hallway while they were trying to place the line.
Anyway he is home now, but is VERY emotional and tired (I guess you could say we all are!!) Pariase God that the home care company will be coming everyday to do his medicine which is a wonderful blessing for Tracey and Camden. Kennedy and I are off to the city tomorrow for our Dance Trip. It will be hard to be away, especially knowing that Camden may have his PICC placed while we are away, but hopefully we will have fun and Kennedy will learn some dance stuff!
Sooooo please keep praying!! Camden is starting to get back to normal, but he still is sick. It is hard for him to understand why we couldn't go out tonight!! Pray for Tracey-- she is missing a lot of work and will be behind and three nights on a cot hasn't helped!! She also has to coordinate all of Camden's services around his schedule.
Camden is home now. He could not get his PICC line today. They tried two times, but the sedation medication was not enough to sedated Camden and the doctor could not thread the catheter in. He has a regular IV line for now and he will have to go to Danbury Hospital for the PICC placement. He will be under anesthesia for the procedure (in interventional radiology). Doing it this way they won't have to count on Camden to stay still and in IR they use an ultrasound to guide them so it will be in the right spot. Today was a difficult day for Camden and Mommy!! It was very difficult to hear Camden from the hallway while they were trying to place the line.
Anyway he is home now, but is VERY emotional and tired (I guess you could say we all are!!) Pariase God that the home care company will be coming everyday to do his medicine which is a wonderful blessing for Tracey and Camden. Kennedy and I are off to the city tomorrow for our Dance Trip. It will be hard to be away, especially knowing that Camden may have his PICC placed while we are away, but hopefully we will have fun and Kennedy will learn some dance stuff!
Sooooo please keep praying!! Camden is starting to get back to normal, but he still is sick. It is hard for him to understand why we couldn't go out tonight!! Pray for Tracey-- she is missing a lot of work and will be behind and three nights on a cot hasn't helped!! She also has to coordinate all of Camden's services around his schedule.
