I (Andy) came back from a movie with brother-in-law Casey this afternoon and held Maggie for a short time--putting her to sleep. As I laid her down I walked away from the crib to find that my arm was soaked. We let the staff know, IV therapy came and found that the "good" lumen was now leaking as well. Joy.
As we speak, the staff is making final decisions about what to do. They are going to try to put a peripheral IV in soon to get her through the night before having surgery again in the morning to put a new temporary line in. However, Maggie has a history of being very difficult to give IVs--in fact, the IV therapy nurse remembered this right away. Also, Whitney didn't want to see them try to give her the IV and fail. So, the plan is to try one time only to get a peripheral IV in her arm. If it doesn't work, we'll stop feeding Maggie, the on-call surgeon will be called in, and surgery will take place tonight to replace the "swiss cheese" temporary IV that she had surgically placed yesterday. More joy.
All sarcasm aside, we are fighting serious frustration here. At the end of the day, if it goes smoothly from here on out, then we'll be happy. It is rough to have such an eventful last couple of days--chemo. should start in a couple of days and we're weary and worn already. Pray for success and event-free procedures from here on out. More updates likely to come tonight.
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