First Hospital Stay - Part Two
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Waking up at 6am after only a few hours sleep I was surprisingly alert, so I had a shower because there really wasn't anything else to do. After breakfast the nurse wanted to start my steroid infusion earlier so I could hopefully sleep better that night. About 20 minutes into my infusion there was a knock at the door and my favourite surgeon was standing there asking if he could come in. What a nice surprise! I couldn't go far with my little IV friend attached so he came over for a hug and stayed a short while for a chat to check on how I was going. When he left I told the nurse that my arm was really starting to hurt - my cannula had tissued (most likely from the position it was placed) so they had to stop my infusion and call the cannulation nurse to re-site my cannula.
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