IV Big Improvements

JazzysMom · Jun 13, 2007

I must be really really behind on things. When I have had home iv's I never had the balls. The first time I had a huge syringe for one med that I pushed to administer and the others were gravitity fed. That didnt work well so I smartened up for next time and asked for an infusion pump like what I had in the hospital. Ever since then I have had the infusion pumps so it would beep when done & the meds went smoothly & quicker. I do, however, remain stuck in the house since I have the iv pole & pump to use. The balls shown seem to allow much more freedom! If nothing else I could go downstairs and get a load of laundry or go on the PC to do bills etc. I feel like I am still in the stone age.....LOL! Thanks for the pics Em. I have something to work with now!

JazzysMom · Jun 13, 2007

I must be really really behind on things. When I have had home iv's I never had the balls. The first time I had a huge syringe for one med that I pushed to administer and the others were gravitity fed. That didnt work well so I smartened up for next time and asked for an infusion pump like what I had in the hospital. Ever since then I have had the infusion pumps so it would beep when done & the meds went smoothly & quicker. I do, however, remain stuck in the house since I have the iv pole & pump to use. The balls shown seem to allow much more freedom! If nothing else I could go downstairs and get a load of laundry or go on the PC to do bills etc. I feel like I am still in the stone age.....LOL! Thanks for the pics Em. I have something to work with now!

JazzysMom · Jun 13, 2007

I must be really really behind on things. When I have had home iv's I never had the balls. The first time I had a huge syringe for one med that I pushed to administer and the others were gravitity fed. That didnt work well so I smartened up for next time and asked for an infusion pump like what I had in the hospital. Ever since then I have had the infusion pumps so it would beep when done & the meds went smoothly & quicker. I do, however, remain stuck in the house since I have the iv pole & pump to use. The balls shown seem to allow much more freedom! If nothing else I could go downstairs and get a load of laundry or go on the PC to do bills etc. I feel like I am still in the stone age.....LOL! Thanks for the pics Em. I have something to work with now!

JazzysMom · Jun 13, 2007

I must be really really behind on things. When I have had home iv's I never had the balls. The first time I had a huge syringe for one med that I pushed to administer and the others were gravitity fed. That didnt work well so I smartened up for next time and asked for an infusion pump like what I had in the hospital. Ever since then I have had the infusion pumps so it would beep when done & the meds went smoothly & quicker. I do, however, remain stuck in the house since I have the iv pole & pump to use. The balls shown seem to allow much more freedom! If nothing else I could go downstairs and get a load of laundry or go on the PC to do bills etc. I feel like I am still in the stone age.....LOL! Thanks for the pics Em. I have something to work with now!

JazzysMom · Jun 13, 2007

I must be really really behind on things. When I have had home iv's I never had the balls. The first time I had a huge syringe for one med that I pushed to administer and the others were gravitity fed. That didnt work well so I smartened up for next time and asked for an infusion pump like what I had in the hospital. Ever since then I have had the infusion pumps so it would beep when done & the meds went smoothly & quicker. I do, however, remain stuck in the house since I have the iv pole & pump to use. The balls shown seem to allow much more freedom! If nothing else I could go downstairs and get a load of laundry or go on the PC to do bills etc. I feel like I am still in the stone age.....LOL! Thanks for the pics Em. I have something to work with now!

JazzysMom · Jun 13, 2007

I must be really really behind on things. When I have had home iv's I never had the balls. The first time I had a huge syringe for one med that I pushed to administer and the others were gravitity fed. That didnt work well so I smartened up for next time and asked for an infusion pump like what I had in the hospital. Ever since then I have had the infusion pumps so it would beep when done & the meds went smoothly & quicker. I do, however, remain stuck in the house since I have the iv pole & pump to use. The balls shown seem to allow much more freedom! If nothing else I could go downstairs and get a load of laundry or go on the PC to do bills etc. I feel like I am still in the stone age.....LOL! Thanks for the pics Em. I have something to work with now!

mom2lillian · Jun 13, 2007

oh yes Mel, at leas ttry it once, this is so great IMO!

The 'ball' is preset to do about an hour so it has been almost an hour and I unscrewed it to see if it was taking right amount of time and it is down to a very slow drip so I put it back on and will just go by leaving it hooked up for 1 hour. The big syringe I use is 35cc filled to 20cc for the ceftaz and I push in 2ml a min for 10 min no biggie at all if I am in a hurry they said it can be done over 5 minutes but sometims that makes me a bit too naseus. I HATE being hooked to a pole, it is a big mental thing for me, so inconvenient and it makes me feel, well 'sick' I guess. Even in hospital the minute my infusion is done I want heplocked.

I cant seem to find you a good picture of the elastomeric pump I have on teh web. Maybe if I can remmebr I will take a pic and post it unless osmeone finds a good pic of one for ya. I did find alot of info on web if you want to read that by googling it.

I wonder if I should post in families, it seems this would be so much easier for the parents and the kids who dont want ot sit still!

mom2lillian · Jun 13, 2007

oh yes Mel, at leas ttry it once, this is so great IMO!

The 'ball' is preset to do about an hour so it has been almost an hour and I unscrewed it to see if it was taking right amount of time and it is down to a very slow drip so I put it back on and will just go by leaving it hooked up for 1 hour. The big syringe I use is 35cc filled to 20cc for the ceftaz and I push in 2ml a min for 10 min no biggie at all if I am in a hurry they said it can be done over 5 minutes but sometims that makes me a bit too naseus. I HATE being hooked to a pole, it is a big mental thing for me, so inconvenient and it makes me feel, well 'sick' I guess. Even in hospital the minute my infusion is done I want heplocked.

I cant seem to find you a good picture of the elastomeric pump I have on teh web. Maybe if I can remmebr I will take a pic and post it unless osmeone finds a good pic of one for ya. I did find alot of info on web if you want to read that by googling it.

I wonder if I should post in families, it seems this would be so much easier for the parents and the kids who dont want ot sit still!

mom2lillian · Jun 13, 2007

oh yes Mel, at leas ttry it once, this is so great IMO!

The 'ball' is preset to do about an hour so it has been almost an hour and I unscrewed it to see if it was taking right amount of time and it is down to a very slow drip so I put it back on and will just go by leaving it hooked up for 1 hour. The big syringe I use is 35cc filled to 20cc for the ceftaz and I push in 2ml a min for 10 min no biggie at all if I am in a hurry they said it can be done over 5 minutes but sometims that makes me a bit too naseus. I HATE being hooked to a pole, it is a big mental thing for me, so inconvenient and it makes me feel, well 'sick' I guess. Even in hospital the minute my infusion is done I want heplocked.

I cant seem to find you a good picture of the elastomeric pump I have on teh web. Maybe if I can remmebr I will take a pic and post it unless osmeone finds a good pic of one for ya. I did find alot of info on web if you want to read that by googling it.

I wonder if I should post in families, it seems this would be so much easier for the parents and the kids who dont want ot sit still!

mom2lillian · Jun 13, 2007

oh yes Mel, at leas ttry it once, this is so great IMO!

The 'ball' is preset to do about an hour so it has been almost an hour and I unscrewed it to see if it was taking right amount of time and it is down to a very slow drip so I put it back on and will just go by leaving it hooked up for 1 hour. The big syringe I use is 35cc filled to 20cc for the ceftaz and I push in 2ml a min for 10 min no biggie at all if I am in a hurry they said it can be done over 5 minutes but sometims that makes me a bit too naseus. I HATE being hooked to a pole, it is a big mental thing for me, so inconvenient and it makes me feel, well 'sick' I guess. Even in hospital the minute my infusion is done I want heplocked.

I cant seem to find you a good picture of the elastomeric pump I have on teh web. Maybe if I can remmebr I will take a pic and post it unless osmeone finds a good pic of one for ya. I did find alot of info on web if you want to read that by googling it.

I wonder if I should post in families, it seems this would be so much easier for the parents and the kids who dont want ot sit still!

mom2lillian · Jun 13, 2007

oh yes Mel, at leas ttry it once, this is so great IMO!

The 'ball' is preset to do about an hour so it has been almost an hour and I unscrewed it to see if it was taking right amount of time and it is down to a very slow drip so I put it back on and will just go by leaving it hooked up for 1 hour. The big syringe I use is 35cc filled to 20cc for the ceftaz and I push in 2ml a min for 10 min no biggie at all if I am in a hurry they said it can be done over 5 minutes but sometims that makes me a bit too naseus. I HATE being hooked to a pole, it is a big mental thing for me, so inconvenient and it makes me feel, well 'sick' I guess. Even in hospital the minute my infusion is done I want heplocked.

I cant seem to find you a good picture of the elastomeric pump I have on teh web. Maybe if I can remmebr I will take a pic and post it unless osmeone finds a good pic of one for ya. I did find alot of info on web if you want to read that by googling it.

I wonder if I should post in families, it seems this would be so much easier for the parents and the kids who dont want ot sit still!

mom2lillian · Jun 13, 2007

oh yes Mel, at leas ttry it once, this is so great IMO!

The 'ball' is preset to do about an hour so it has been almost an hour and I unscrewed it to see if it was taking right amount of time and it is down to a very slow drip so I put it back on and will just go by leaving it hooked up for 1 hour. The big syringe I use is 35cc filled to 20cc for the ceftaz and I push in 2ml a min for 10 min no biggie at all if I am in a hurry they said it can be done over 5 minutes but sometims that makes me a bit too naseus. I HATE being hooked to a pole, it is a big mental thing for me, so inconvenient and it makes me feel, well 'sick' I guess. Even in hospital the minute my infusion is done I want heplocked.

I cant seem to find you a good picture of the elastomeric pump I have on teh web. Maybe if I can remmebr I will take a pic and post it unless osmeone finds a good pic of one for ya. I did find alot of info on web if you want to read that by googling it.

I wonder if I should post in families, it seems this would be so much easier for the parents and the kids who dont want ot sit still!

JazzysMom · Jun 13, 2007