Technical Difficulties

Well well well, here we go again. The girls had a Gems Mother/daughter night. On our way out the door Brooke's IV starting beeping, "stupid pump," (my thoughts). I re adjusted the pump, made sure nothing was clamping the lines turned it on and left. The girls were asking tons of questions about the IV on the way to church. (smart kids) I re assured them, it's no biggie, pump is a little touchy. Steve calls me 5 minutes later, tells me I need to come home now! Ok, girls get started I go home. To shorten the story we blew a hole in the side of her broviac. It seems her broviac clotted off so nothing could get through. When we hooked up the IV it created too much pressure and blew out the side. SOOOOOO, after many phone calls, I got to see the girls do their awesome skits (thank goodness for cell phones) and Steve and Brooke are at the "spa" right now. They have to start a peripheral (normal) IV and give her antibiotics. Steve just called and we discussed a port. I am all about it! A port is IV access that is under the skin, usually in the left upper chest. You can feel the access hub/pad under the skin but there aren't lines hanging out of her (unless you need them). Nice option!!! She's old enough now to explore these options. The PICU MD is coming down to see her to evaluate her for that and infections. However, like I told the girls, Brookie is not in the hospital for illness, it's "technical difficulty." They'll patch her up and send her back home. I will head up tomorrow to relieve Steve and he'll come home. In the mean time we fall right back into routine. Our helpers come out of the wood work and we roll with the punches. We'll keep ya updated!