Lines Out

It has been a very very long day. Niamh was starved from 3am for possible line removal at 9am. Unfortunately some more urgent cases came first and Niamh was only called in at 7.30pm. A long day of waiting.

The 'surgery' went well. It wasn't really a surgery, they say that they simply pulled the lines out. She now has a cannula in her right hand. I doubt she will like it tomorrow when she sees it, but I am sure she will be glad to be free of her wigglies (hickman lines). She was back on the ward by 8.15pm.

Let's hope for a fever free day tomorrow. It is actually lovely to see her without hickman lines again. We really hope she won't need new ones.

Click here to see what a hickman line looks like. She had hers since November.

Emilie has been fantastic today. She spent the afternoon making things next to Niamh and making friends. They haven't seen each other much this week so it was lovely to have them reunited.