Line Removal Day

I am still a bit sick, it hasn't really amounted to much, some congestion in my chest, I am bringing up a little crap when I get coughing, and I am more stuffy and nasally. Other than that I am fairly fine in the cold department. I had a sins X-ray today to make sure nothing's up there.

Saturday was a bit of a drag, it rained most of the day, so I stayed inside and didn't really do much. Sunday was an improvement, it was a lot nicer. We went for a bike ride around the very muddy reservoir. We actually went through a few blockades, the paths were supposed to be blocked off, in some places the water was flowing over the them, nothing raging, but enough to be a public hazard I guess. I got my feet wet on the bike crossing through one overpassing stream. The rest of the weekend was fairly relaxing. The city was put on water restrictions because of the muddying of the reservoir, so this week we have been trying to do our best with conserving water, short showers and such.

Todays doctor appointment was rather long, we were there until 4:00. Waiting for my blood results was one of the delays, as well as waiting for the sinus X-ray. So I read my book in the waiting room until things happened. My blood results were good. I think my platelets are on the rebound now, they climbed six points to 66. I was able to get my Central Catheter taken out, a process I was worried about, but it turned out to be not so bad. The pokes of the needle hurt the most, and it only tok a few tugs to get the line out from my chest. I laid there on the bed for fifteen minutes while the doctor preformed the "surgery", and another fifteen with a weight on my chest to help prevent bleeding. The side of my chest feels a little weird right now, but it should be fine, as long as I am not bleeding internally... Don't worry, arteries have muscular walls, so it should have closed right up after the line was yanked.

Justin:)