Port Placement

Port placement went well. Alex took a 20 minute nap in his highchair last night and was up until midnight and then slept until Robert got him up around 8:30. Got to the hospital at 9:15, back in a room around 10 and found out that he wasn't even scheduled until noon. So the nurses got him ready and brought in a crib. I can't get the video of him treating it like a trampoline to upload-but between that and his iPad, he managed to stay entertained. The worst part for me was the lack of cell reception, so getting messages out to family was spotty at best.

We got all the usual doctor visitors around noon and signed our consent.  I got to walk him back around 12:30 and talk to him while they gave him cherry scented gas through the mask (he kept trying to lick the mask). Once he was out, I left, grabbed Robert and we headed off for some food. He went back to the waiting room and I popped into my office to get a tiny bit more charge onto my phone.

Surgery took just under an hour and everything went just fine. They called for a parent to come to recovery about the time that my normal study meeting is held (I work in the building where Alex gets treatment). I sent Robert to be with Alex and headed up to my meeting. My meeting was over just in time for me to get down to post op, help Robert get Alex dressed and head for home.

So far so good, except for one upchuck in the car seat. Lil man had gobbled two or three sets of graham crackers and two little cartons of juice while in post op. Add all that food on a lil tummy plus a rather fast turn coming home and it all came up.Thank goodness it happened six blocks from home. We've been home about an hour and Alex has had some apple juice and all appears to be well with the world. He's doing his usual mad dash through the great room playing with the toys.

We have another full day Thursday. He has an EKG and echocardiogram in the morning and an MRI that afternoon. Then we are confirmed to start chemo Friday morning.

Terri