Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-32464717-20180204034540/@comment-34234929-20180215223617

I have cancer and have a mediport implanted in my chest that has an IV line that enters the atrium of the heart. They had to take it out a few months ago because I got a blood infection that kills 60%of the people who have it. Any way after 6 sets of blood cultures and about 42 needle sticks later my cultured were clear and they went to put it back in and discovered that the large vein connecting the two arteries was completely clotted off and they couldn't even push the wire through the major vein there is completely clotted off and dead now and part of the artery on the left has a clot. They tried yesterday to remove the clot but it was to dangerous so they ended up going back to the right side I was in the cath lab for about 6 hours and feel like crud Thx for asking. Sorry if i ranted. Just has been a fum few days Christie