20s, 6'5, 340lb, CA Found this sub and thought I'd ask about my accident, figured maybe some of you had seen it happen or heard of it since anytime a provider reads it in my EMR they ask about it. A few years ago I got pretty sick and needed a few weeks of antibiotics through home infusion, so I needed a picc line put in. I get prepped by the nurse and they insert the guide wire/hose and ask me to turn my head and breathe in. Nurse gets it place, then turns around to grab what I'm assuming was a flush, then I hear "oh shit, oh my lord." The nurse had lost a hold of the guide wire/hose and my body had sucked it up, this lead to one of the longest nights I'd ever had. The wire/tube ended up coiled near my heart and made removal very difficult.
X-ray from that day http://i.imgur.com/VRryL.jpg
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