A hard freeze over-night made conditions outside quite difficult this morning. We had to be at the hospital at 9 o'clock. Apparently there was something of a mix-up over an appointment to have the PICC line attached for the chemotherapy (A Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter). Carol had to go to the X-Ray department to have this line put in. I'm not entirely sure what was involved, but we walked all the way from the oncology department and when we got there were told that she wasn't booked, which was something of an annoyance. So we walked all the way back to the oncology department and a couple of telephone calls were made and she was booked in so we had to walk all the way back to X Ray department. Sitting round near the scanning rooms, where M.R.I. and X-Ray two men in uniforms appeared in the main waiting area. At first we thought they might have been policeman, but when we saw they had a third individual chained to them it was clear that they were prison warders and the third individual was a prisoner. Then a nurse came through to where we were sitting and asked us to kindly move along the seating so they come come through to wait. No doubt the prisoner was going to have an X-Ray or be scanned by the M.R.I. scanner. The sights you observe when out and about.
It wasn't long before Carol was called in. I just had to wait. It was a longer wait than expected. I had my iPhone with me. The thing rang. It was one of those companies attempting to sell some sort of financial product, but I wasn't interested and told the guy on the other end of the line I wasn't interested but he tried in vain to keep the conversation going. I managed to end the call, but it's annoying to get these 'cold calls'. I can't think where they get my mobile number from and why they think it's alright to ring on the off-chance that you'd be interested in such a product. Apart from anything, I think it's an invasion of privacy.
Carol came out after having the PICC line put in. She said it was a relatively short procedure but the process of setting it up and then being signed off took longer. Seems crazy somehow.
We returned to the oncology unit. The nurses set up a drip with glucose first and after an hour or two the actual chemotherapy solution was set up. Towards the end of the session they set up carol with a small pump which we went home with so the treatment could continue over-night. In all the session it took several hours and we eventually left the unit at around 5.30. People came in and spent the day similar to Carol, some leaving after several hours.
At the end of the day a doctor came in to tell us that there was a sign from the blood test that Carol was slightly anaemic and the following day she would need a blood transfusion. A pity we would need to come back the next day as we were hoping to have a day away from the hospital.
It wasn't long before Carol was called in. I just had to wait. It was a longer wait than expected. I had my iPhone with me. The thing rang. It was one of those companies attempting to sell some sort of financial product, but I wasn't interested and told the guy on the other end of the line I wasn't interested but he tried in vain to keep the conversation going. I managed to end the call, but it's annoying to get these 'cold calls'. I can't think where they get my mobile number from and why they think it's alright to ring on the off-chance that you'd be interested in such a product. Apart from anything, I think it's an invasion of privacy.
Carol came out after having the PICC line put in. She said it was a relatively short procedure but the process of setting it up and then being signed off took longer. Seems crazy somehow.
We returned to the oncology unit. The nurses set up a drip with glucose first and after an hour or two the actual chemotherapy solution was set up. Towards the end of the session they set up carol with a small pump which we went home with so the treatment could continue over-night. In all the session it took several hours and we eventually left the unit at around 5.30. People came in and spent the day similar to Carol, some leaving after several hours.
At the end of the day a doctor came in to tell us that there was a sign from the blood test that Carol was slightly anaemic and the following day she would need a blood transfusion. A pity we would need to come back the next day as we were hoping to have a day away from the hospital.
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