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Sorry to hear that. My husband didn’t have any issues during the placement procedure. Did nurses come in to help you?

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The person who placed the PICC used my body as his sterile field. Nurses couldn’t have gotten to me. I’m also a RN. I think I just didn’t like the idea of the line ending in my heart. The antibiotics (abx) required a central line. I happened to have a CT w/contrast the next week using the PICC. If you’ve ever had a CT w/contrast, they tell you you’re going to feel like you’re urinating when the contrast gets to the groin area. With a PICC line, the contrast goes into your heart first. The heat starts in your neck, then chest and then groin. Very strange feeling. My 14 days of abx are over and PICC has been pulled. This getting old process is not for weenies. I might be a weenie. Lol.