The anesthisiologists at the Eye Center had trouble accessing his port. They assumed that it was blocked. The nurse at the Oncology department was able to flush the clot and access it. It acted differently than normal, but it didn't give us concern until David got very fussy and irritated. Sometime around 3pm I noticed that the front of his outfit was wet, and when I went to check what was going on, I realized that something was amiss. It happens that in moving around, the needle came out of his port, but not all the way out, so his IV fluids were running just under his skin. There was a lot of swelling all over his chest, and they had to wait for the swelling to go down before they could reaccess the port to try all over again. They also did a chest x-ray to make sure that it wasn't a problem with the port. All was fine, and we got underway sometime near 6pm. It was a long day, but we got the last treatment!!
One way that we were shown of God's love and care for us was that David's labs were taking an extremely long time to come back to the pharmacy. They will not mix his chemo until they have all the parts of the labs back. If they would have come back earlier, he would have had chemotherapy drugs leaking underneath his skin instead of just saline. This could have been very damaging. So, once again, God has protected us from what could be.
We have an appointment with the genetics people at the end of the month, and then David will have another exam in 6-8 weeks to see how the tumor responds after the chemo is out of his system. We have finished the chemo just to begin this next step of watching.
Thank you for all your prayers and generosity to our family. There is no doubt that we wouldn't have been able to survive this ordeal without the love and support of our Christian family. We love you all more than you will ever know. I'll update you more later
-Kim
David waiting for his exam
With Mommy in the Oncology waiting room
Tearing up paper with Daddy while we wait to go to the Day Hospital (where they give the chemo)
Getting chemo and drinking OJ - actually, just playing with the bottle
Finally - a nap
1 comment:
Haha...he is so cute! He definitely doesn't belong to the milk man! I can't wait to see him crawling.
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