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My 65 year young husband was diagnosed with SAA mid-June 2014, received hATG mid-July 2014. Spent another 4 days in the hospital in August due to a blood infection. He takes cyclosporine and blood pressure medication twice daily and an antibiotic 3 times a week. He gets blood draws on Monday and Thursday and platelets or red transfusions Tuesday and Friday as needed. There has not been much change. Finding a vein to put a line in for the transfusions is getting harder and harder all the time. They only use his right arm, they cannot find anything on his left arm. Yesterday 3 nurses, 4 sticks, then they brought in a nurse from another department to use an ultrasound. He got a line in right away, but within 1/4 of the bag of platelets going in it was leaking under his skin and not into the vein. So ultrasound again, he went in much deeper and got a good line in. The nurse supervisor at the infusion center is going to talk to his hematologist about putting in a port. All along the doctor has been saying no to ports or pic lines due to the risk of infection. Has anyone had similar problems and are they any suggestions to make easier? Thank you.