IVIG Round 11

It's true.  It has been a full month since Owen's last IVIG treatment.. can you believe it?!   I had a long chat with Owen's transplant team at Stanford this morning and we discussed Owen's upcoming admission and stay in Palo Alto.  We discussed a double lumen PICC line for easy access of labs, IVIG and Milrinone (that will run continuously).  We talked about the time he will spend in the CVICU, on 3West (or step down unit) and then life outside of the hospital on Milrinone (which isn't common practice).  We talked about blood types and details of his UNOS listing, which I'll get into more detail another day.  I'm too tired already to explain it all.  :)

We arrived at the hospital at 4pm, got Owen settled into his room by 5 and an IV in by 5:30!!  WOOT!!  The IV team was backed up with PICC line placements which are time consuming.  Since we already had two nurses and the CVICU intensivist in Owen's room, I decided one of them could place an IV sooner.   One stick and Dr Menon had the line place... no pressure as I hovered over him holding Owen's arm straight. 

Now we have his orders in the computer for meds and we are waiting on the IVIG from pharmacy.  Owen's dinner of chicken noodle soup and chicken nuggets just arrived.  He just stole my recliner, which is also my bed for the evening, and decided to watch Cars and chow down on peanut shells. 

Our favorite cardio, Dr Stock, is on call so we had a nice catch up chat with him.  All is well!! :) 

Hopefully the night will go smoothly, Owen' won't have any reactions to the IVIG and we will get a good night's rest.  Life is good.