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Broviac catheter

Broviac catheter

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Sep 30, 2026

Brigid BowlandGUEST
15:23
Some people have a port.
Brigid BowlandGUEST
15:24
My child had a Broviac, um, which is a catheter, um, that's inserted outside of the skin, but then goes in right up, um, to the tip of the heart.
Brigid BowlandGUEST
15:34
And that's where all the medications are delivered.
Brigid BowlandGUEST
15:37
There's a sticker over top of that, uh, it's called a dressing, and that needs to be changed every week, every seven days, to make sure that, uh, no infection, uh, gets there, 'cause it's... could be a source of infection.
Brigid BowlandGUEST
17:10
That's one example of a difficult thing that I, you know, recognized, brought in some resources, and then we adapted.
Brigid BowlandGUEST
17:18
And through medical play, one of the resources that I'll give at the end, there's neuroblastoma, um, info.com has beautiful resources.
Brigid BowlandGUEST
17:27
And I, uh, stuffed panda, red panda [laughs] with a Broviac that they will give to you for free.
Brigid BowlandGUEST
17:34
Um, and we would change the dressing [laughs] on that bear.

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