Franks home from hospital & getting TPN feeding intravieniously

[Dianejt]

  Frank's home from this months hospital stay. He has been in & out at least once every month since November.

I am learning how to hook him up to the TPN. They sent us home with  brief instructions & a nurse to teach. Yesterdays nurse was one I had had for my Dad last year & she is very "FLAKEY". The TPN needs vitamins, & other things added to it prior to hooking up & she didn't do it in the order listed & used the wrong needle once & just confused me more than I was before. Today it was a different nurse who really took the time to go over everything with me. I told her from the start that I didn't like "Doris" & why. I also said I wanted to do the preparations (I'm very anal about double, triple checking).

So this should help "test" us as partner when we do start dialysis which we plan to use Nxstage.

So much to learn..............

[monrein]

Wishing you good luck with this Diane and I really hope that you've seen the last of Nurse "Doris".   

[jbeany]

Did they send you one pump or two?  I found most of the TPN set-up pretty simple - until the computer in the little pump crashes, and then they have to scramble.  I was sent home with two pumps by mistake - which it turns out I needed anyhow! 

You should be able to refuse to have Dorie (I know, Doris, but she sounds like she should be Dorie, after the dork fish in Finding Nemo.)  be your scheduled nurse.  Just say you have a "personality conflict".

Glad he's home!

[Rerun]

Bless you and good luck!