Since I’m seeing the vascular surgeon tomorrow regarding removal of the PD catheter, I decided to flush it one more time tonight. The drain was still pink though much less color than previous flushed. I think it originally started on 1/1/2020 when the flush was very red. Since then, I’ve flushed it again on 1/2, 1/3, and today 1/6. In the past, pink drains only lasted a couple of days so six days seem like a long time for bleeding, even though it’s a lot less. i only know about it since I’m flushing fluid in and out of the abdominal cavity. Once the catheter is removed, I guess any bleeding stays in the cavity and hopefully your body just reabsorb whatever fluid is there.
I put in about 2 L of 2.5% dextrose solution and left it in for about an hour and 45 minutes. I then drain it into another bag and got about 2.32 kg of fluid out for a UF of ~300 mL. I think my blood sugar was a bit high so the dextrose solution is less effective since usually the UF is closer to 500 mL. I spoke to my doctor friend earlier this evening regarding the PD catheter removal. He thinks the vascular surgeon will just pull it out instead of doing full-on surgery. He also thinks it’s too early (~8 weeks) after heart surgery to receive general anesthesia again.
Life with chronic diseases 