Well, today did not go as planned. We were supposed
to be doing Shop with a Cop this morning, but instead ended up with an
impromptu ER visit. Hurray.
In my last post, I mentioned a botched port accessing;
since they weren’t able to use my port for the MRI last Monday, they ended up
putting an IV in a vein in my left wrist joint. That in itself is not pleasant.
I noticed yesterday morning that my left forearm was super sore. By yesterday
evening, my arm was to the point where I couldn’t touch it without pain, and it
was starting to have red splotches. I realized that from the point there they
put in the IV and straight up my forearm was exactly where the pain and redness
were.
N. reminded me that my oncologist had told us that
because I’m receiving Avastin infusions that any sign of blood clots should be
an ER visit. In the world of Avastin patients, I’m at a pretty low risk of
having blood clots. But … that’s not something with which you mess around. N. called our neurosurgery contact, and they said we should go to the ER just to
be safe. Unlike our last ER visit, it was deserted. We got into a room right
away, and they sent me up to Ultrasound almost immediately. The ultrasound hurt
like a &!@#%. It showed that I did not have a blood clot, though. They
diagnosed me with superficial Thrombophlebitis and lymphangitis [inflammation
of superficial veins and inflammation of the lymph nodes in that area] … from that
lovely wrist joint IV I got stabbed with last Monday. I've lost count of how many time I've been stabbed for an IV since November 2008 [the start of the first go round], but I've never had anything more than a small bruise from an IV.
Needless to say, the
American Center Imaging Department is on my shit list, and I will never attempt
to get an MRI there again — Always, always at the main UW hospital.
I’ll be on an antibiotic regimen for the next 10
days. Between that, elevation, and warm compresses, I should kick this. In the
meantime … frick, my arm hurts.
On a happier note, it seems like my hair is starting to grow back a little. Also, our foster kittens were adopted together today. We have them for the week, but once we bring them to the adoption center on Friday, they'll go to their forever home. I'm happy that the little poofs will stay together, so that they won't be lonely. I imagine that we'll be getting a couple more kittens for our next foster round. :D
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