PICC Line Insertion!
The following is a video of a PICC Line Insertion. This was one of the many frightening procedures that have been used on Hayley to shut down her pancreas. This meant she was not allowed her to eat or drink anything (not even chew gum) for 14 days. The thought was in doing this procedure they would stop the pancreas from working (as its one job is to break down fatty foods it actually reacts to anything taken by mouth) and see if it reduced Hayley’s pain. While this video is not Hayley the procedure room it is no different than what she had done.
Anticipating a Feeding Tube-So Frightning
You will see that A PICC is a long, flexible tube that is put into a vein in your arm and threaded up into a large vein just above your heart. It is used for giving fluids, nutrition or drug treatment into your bloodstream. PICC stands for “Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter”. You are awake during this procedure. The video seen “Hayley after the PICC” shows a very disoriented little girl. It took several hours for her mind to settle down. I believe it was very traumatic for her and so she “checked out mentally” for quite some time. Sickkids never gave it enough time it just started to work and they ripped her off it. I believe if they would have given it a longer period of time she would have responded much better. Again time is money even for the worst cases!