A nurse from Fairview Home Infusion pulled my PICC line out of my arm today, so for the first time in nearly six months, I have no catheters or any type of tube or device hanging from my body. I can submerge myself completely in water. I can take a shower without having to cover part of my body with protective plastic and tape. I don't have to inject heparin into my lines every day to keep them from clogging. I can take Benjamin into the bathtub with me again!
I wasn't originally going to have it pulled. The dressing covering it had come loose overnight and had to be replaced. While I was rummaging around for some supplies, the nurse noticed that the tube had slipped out a few centimeters. (I had failed to press it against my skin after he took the adhesive off.) That pretty much decided it. "Just take it out," I said. We called my oncologist's office to make sure it was OK, then pulled it. I didn't feel a thing.
Yes, this means I'll get extra pokes for IVs and blood draws, and I may have to get another PICC line if I have another round of chemo soon. But Merry Christmas to me ... this feels good.
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I'm Emilie, a writer and mother to two young boys, married to my best friend and living in St. Paul, Minnesota. I was diagnosed with a soft-tissue sarcoma in August 2007, while pregnant with our youngest son. Cancer sucks. But we are trying to live life to the fullest in spite of it.
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Yay You! Hurray! You know what I like to do at night after work? I have a 15 month old daughter, Isabel, and when I give her a bath, frequently, I take one with her. It's so relaxing... We blow bubbles and she likes to stick her finger in my belly button. Wait, would that be weird with boys? Probably not... They're too young still I'd imagine.
Anyway, now you can take a bath with the boys! Wouldn't that be fun?
Enjoy your body's freedom.
Catherine
Enjoy your full-submersion bath!
This post just sound so refreshing. Whoohoo for the small pleasures in life. :)
Hurray! Maybe time to splurge in one of those suction cup pillows so you can soak and read in the tub and not get a sore neck! We put a space heater in our old house (no insulation) bathroom so I don't freeze while I play in the tub with M. Little things like that can make staying in the tub so much better! Enjoy!
Oh baths are sooo delicious -- I'm so glad you get to enjoy one again!
Here's to bathing and a good book!
WOOOOO HOOOOOOOO!!!!
Here's to the things that REALLY matter!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So glad you gave yourself this freedom - and the thought of being able to take Benjamin into the tub with you again seems especially sweet.
Oh that sounds so nice. Celebrate your freedom - you should take the boys swimming or something! :)
I hope you have the most amazing super soaking wet fun time in the tub with your boys.
Here's to bubbles and baths. How are you feeling otherwise? Have you recovered from your infection? All my best.
Good for you - congratulations!
Yeah!!! So glad for you!
Way to find joy, Emilie!
--Laura S.
oh hurray! I can only imagine the joy of being able to get completely wet and refreshed in a bath or shower! What a great holiday gift to you!!
Freedom! Enjoy enjoy enjoy. You deserve it.
Freedom!!! Merry Christmas!
Both freedom and baths are good news. Enjoy!
Yay for you! It's hard for me to imagine those restrictions, and being tube-free must feel fantastic after all those months. Enjoy!
Ooohh, that's great! Cool...no doggone plastic bag or saran wrap taped to your body...awesome! Enjoy! Go all the way under (your head too)...and listen...I love the sound of being under water in the tub.
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