Yesterday's scare

Had an appointment to see Dr Lim yesterday, and as usual, did my blood tests and the flushing/cleaning of my PICC line. There are two lumens on my line... one was alright but the other was not!!! There was no back flow, and worse, it couldn't be flushed. This meant that no liquid could flow through the tube as there was a clot somewhere, most probably due to fibrene. At that point, there were only two scenarios:

1. They'll inject some medication into the line, leave it there for an hour to unblock it, or;

2. If the above doesn't work... They'll remove the entire PICC line, and schedule me for surgery to re-insert it.

Honestly, I was so sian and heavy-hearted when I heard the second part.

But this morning, the moment of truth — when blood started gushing out into the syringe as it pulled back (the backflow)... The clot is gone! With God's grace, the medication worked!!! So thankful yay. Will be starting chemotherapy this afternoon, it'll be my 5th and second last cycle. It's a bit early this time round so that I'll be home just in time for Christmas :) Here we go!

Realized I haven't posted a photo of the line without it being wrapped up in dressing... For those who are interested, it looks like this! (p.s. Not for the faint-hearted hehe sorry it looks kinda gross)