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Dialysis Discussion => Dialysis: Home Dialysis - NxStage Users => Topic started by: cassandra on January 03, 2015, 08:13:11 AM

Title: Line connection breaking
Post by: cassandra on January 03, 2015, 08:13:11 AM
 :thumbdown; so I'm about to connect my last line to my venous needle, and the line breaks off!! I mean the screwy bit when you take it off the saline bag. So I decided that 'something' was telling me not to D today. Taking the whole cartridge off with 2 needles in, and priming again sounded like asking for bad luck
to me  ;D

Happy new year again to all, love, Cas
Title: Re: Line connection breaking
Post by: obsidianom on January 03, 2015, 12:46:37 PM
:thumbdown; so I'm about to connect my last line to my venous needle, and the line breaks off!! I mean the screwy bit when you take it off the saline bag. So I decided that 'something' was telling me not to D today. Taking the whole cartridge off with 2 needles in, and priming again sounded like asking for bad luck
to me  ;D

Happy new year again to all, love, Cas
I have had that happen and other catastrophes at same point .  I did just leave the needles in and flush them with saline every few minutes. In one case I waited an hour to restart with no problems.  You can just do that and reprime if you choose.    In 2.5 years I have seen it all.   I have learned to improvise.
Title: Re: Line connection breaking
Post by: cassandra on January 03, 2015, 03:35:18 PM
That would certainly an option, but with one hand free, and the other arm with the needles, I really thought that I would be asking too much of my self
  ;D  . So my improvisation usually ends up in better safe than sorry  :angel;