Wednesday, April 9, 2025

Trifusion Removal - Day +20

Just when we think things can't surprise us - we get surprised!

Andy went in today to get his Trifusion Line taken out.  I packed up my work computer and plenty of snacks, knowing our appointment was at 11 and we would likely be there a few hours.   I knew it wouldn't be as long of an appointment as getting it put in, but I figured it would take some time.  I made sure he packed some snacks too.  He wasn't getting put under, but he'd be hungry after the procedure (it was lunch time!), plus we needed to stay for observation. 

Well.  Long story short.  We were there and back in under 2 hours!  I never even took my computer out or ate any of my snacks OR EVEN LEFT THE ROOM!

That's right.  Our Nurse Practitioner, Matt, came in, numbed the area and talked Andy and I through the entire thing.  A little snip of the original stitches, a little tug (because the catheter is like felt in the vein, so it might need a little wiggling to get loose 😮) and out popped his line!  

'Want to see it?' Matt asked. 
'Can I take a picture?' I asked!  

And we were done.  No stitches, no nothing!  

Just like that - it's over. 

I'm not going to lie.  I wanted to take that thing home and make a Christmas Tree Ornament out of it...but Andy said no.  But like - they just threw it in the garbage!  It's not even biohazard or anything.  

Sooooo, we are both back at work now.  Like nothing ever happened. 

This whole thing has me thinking...In 3 months. 6 months.  12 months.  Are we going to be walking around like nothing ever happened?

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