Tag: central venous catheter

• The moment we have waited for…

  Ryleigh was officially engrafted on Tuesday and that enabled her to get some time out and about on the third floor. She ventured to the playroom that was reserved for her as she could not be with anyone else besides Chloe and I. Chloe and Ryleigh played air hockey and Wii…enjoying time together laughing and…

  IntheMiddle

  March 6, 2014

  Challenging Times

  central venous catheter, children, Conditions and Diseases, coping with a child’s illness, crohns disease, friendship, health, Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, hospital, inspiration, positive thinking, stem cell transplant

• Just Winging It…

  Ryleigh is admitted and she has started the process… Yesterday, Ryleigh spent her day preparing and having surgery  to have her central venous catheter inserted.  The catheter is a thin flexible tube that lies under the sking  and creates a safe way into a major blood vessel. The CVC makes it possible for her to…

  IntheMiddle

  January 31, 2014

  Uncategorized

  blood vessel, blood vessels, bone marrow, central venous catheter, chemotherapy, chemotherapy drugs