Still writing this from the hospital on Sunday, but looking to go home this afternoon. My first bag of ivIgG took 10 hours to go in and finished at 5 am this morning. I petitioned the Dr to send me home and have me come back on out-patient for the rest. But they still want to monitor me while they see how I react. So they started a second bag of 1800 ml at 10am and thought they could speed it up to finish in about 6 hours. The nurse has been increasing the speed periodically and it is now up to 300ml per hour. So I have now been here for about 58 hours watching the IV drip, drip, drip...
Looks like I missed the nice weekend and it may be snowing when we drive home this evening . Depending on how I feel, may have to shovel snow tomorrow morning and go to work . I will be back in every week for a blood check and will get more ivIgG when necessary. Nurse thinks this stuff cost $10,000 per bag so glad (hope) that the insurance is paying for it. At the current rate that is about 50 cents per drip.
2 comments:
Thanks for the continued updates, Joel! 50k a bag, huh? Jeez - I'm in the wrong business!!! Hope you feel better and blessings as you return home. We're also praying for you mother-in-law as well.
In Him, Pastor Sean and family
I wonder what makes it so expensive. Oh, well, I'm just glad that we have it. Glad your insurance is paying for it (if it is). M.
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