Nick got his "powerport" in today. We can't post a pic of it yet cause it needs to stay bandaged until tomorrow but we'll add a pic when we can.He had an AWESOME nurse (Tahara) and his Doc, Dr. Petty was great. It took very little time and now Nick's just kicking it at home.
We're headed back in the morning for his first chemo infusion so more updates to come.
Here are some pics in the meantime. Dr. Petty said we were the first patients to take pictures of the x-ray images on his computer. I took them with my phone so they aren't great but you can see there's a nickle-sized, triangular thing on the right side of Nick's chest. Then you can see how the tube attached to the port goes up, over his collar bone and into a main vein near his aorta and then almost all the way down into his heart. Right where it's supposed to be!
More tomorrow.
Love, Sally (and Nick)
I love you Nick!! Good luck tomorrow, I'll be thinking about you all day!
ReplyDeleteWe're thinking about you guys from Panama! It sounds like the port went in smoothly, which is great. We just hope Stanus doesn't get jealous since he's no longer the only game in town.
ReplyDelete- Ty & Katie