Is an Assistant Needed to Drain a PleurX Catheter?

Carefully I opened the package that contained the equipment I needed to drain a PleurX catheter.  A PleurX catheter goes into the pleural cavity and remains there where it can be used intermittently to drain fluid out of the pleural space. I was going to do this in the rather cluttered and small bedroom of my [...]

Another Visit with Mr.R.

The rain was pouring as I ran across the parking lot of the convalescent home. I headed into the lobby where several residents sat in wheelchairs watching me as I came through the door. Two young women behind the front desk were talking about the weather when I stopped to ask them to direct me [...]