Colleen[21]: More learning
Just got back from two hours with Colleen at White Blossom, learning how to prepare her IV. Tomorrow I'll go through the whole process; tonight I just observed, and flushed the line (which I'd seen before). Ida, the RN, is a good teacher, and I seem to have a pretty good memory for processes.
There are lots of finicky details, such as how one holds the ports to keep air from getting trapped, and how one taps the air bubbles out (and in which direction).
There was a bit of a fright this morning, when the doctor told her she'd have to stay in the nursing home until the end of the TPN because, basically, she was too healthy to qualify for the home nursing. She assured them that she would stay housebound for the duration. !@#$%^idiots! It still scares me -- what if they look at this manifestly mostly healthy person and conclude, correctly, that she's only "housebound" because their stupid rules insist on it? Well, they started the paperwork.