The doc here says one lumen is push-only (needs to be pullable, probably blocked by a fibrin sheath), but the other one is still push-pull, so the Davita dialysis people should've tried reversing the leads, when it didn't work the normal way. He's sending her home without doing ("saving her from") another catheter replacement procedure. Sigh. — at Colorado Renal Access and Imaging Center.
He says this catheter installation is complicated by having to run alongside the pacemaker leads in the same vein to the heart. Probably will never work very well. She needs a new fistula. Fortunately, she's scheduled for that surgery tomorrow morning. Unfortunately, we have to get her to a new medical facility (Rose), a 40 minute drive across town, at 6:30am tomorrow morning. Fortunately, we have good directions. Unfortunately, she has dialysis tonight, so we'll be up late. Ugh.
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