This is the Hickman Line- central line put in Jason on 9/28/11. Boys thought Daddy was becoming Iron Man or Darth Vader. Yes, my boys are clever!
The name Hickman came from the person who invented this type of central line, and he was from Logan, UT!
Before this was invented, they put a similar kind of line and more than 90% of patients got infection through the line. Hickman simply added almost cloth like material on the line where it comes out of the body so that the patient's skin grows around it, and prevent infection. The rate of infection became almost nothing after the invention.
A small incision was made by Jason's collar bone, and as you can see on the X-ray photo, the line goes right by his heart. This procedure was done less than 1 hr. What a handy, or should I say... NO HANDY device for patients like Jason who has to have IV line for a long time.
A friend of ours who had BMT 8 years ago has two Hickman lines put in on both side of his chest, and both of the incisions were 2-3 inches long. You can't even see Jason's scar, and I am amazed how much the medical technology has improved even since then.
Posted by Mayumi
Man, I have been looking all over for my earbuds. And they they are, in your chest! When you get a sec could you dig them out for me? Thanks man!
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