exits (exit point), usually 3--4 inches below the clavicle and away from the nipple and breast tissues. The line connecting the two points is infiltrated with xylocaine. For children, apprehensive and uncooperative patients, this may be done under mild sedation with midazolam by the bedside or under general anesthesia in the theatre. Following insertion of the guidewire into the vein at the entry point, the plastic or metal tunneled is used to create a subcutaneous tunnel connecting both points. The guide-wire is now pulled through from the entry point and out through the exit point. The catheter is now threaded along the wire into the vein. A few stitches are placed at the entry and exit points to narrow the opening and to firmly secure the line. TheSnow

When a brutal snowstorm shut down all the flights in and out of Chicago, Todd Curry and a few other stranded passengers rented a Jeep to drive the rest of the way to their destinantions. But along a forested, isolated road, they picked up a disoriented man wandering through the snow. His car wouldn't start and his daughter had vanished. Strangest of all were the mysterious slashes cut into the back of his coat, straight down to the flesh....When they arrived in the nearest town it seemed deserted.