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Warpy

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7. It might have been prior to having a Portacath put in
Tue Oct 28, 2025, 04:58 PM
20 hrs ago

which is a permanent port just under the skin with a catheter that feeds into the superior vena cava. The port is made of a sefl healing rubber and is accessed through a special needle through the skin. The needle can be left in place for a while but if a sleeping or demented patient pulls it out, the worst that happens is a couple of drops of blood on the PJs or bedding. As central lines go, it's one of the safest.

I suggest this because there haven't been any recent pictures of injured hands after infusions have infiltrated veins and caused problems.

AS for the MRI "machine," years ago we had low field MRIs for morbidly obese people and also or head and spinal cord injury patients who need us tight there with them to hold them in position. These machines were wide open and I never ran into anyone who was so obese we couldn't squeeze them in. The imaging wasn't nearly as clear as that from a high field, slide 'em down the tube machine, but it was a little better for soft tissue problems than a CT scan. So King PusPocket 's waving arms might not have been compeletly wrong, but I think it was more likely a CT scan, myself, there would have been no reason for an MRI. The CT scan would have shown them any calcification and that's what they'd have been looking for.

After all, they already know his brain is turning to mush. That's why he needs frequent infusions.

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