Port's gone-9/16

Hello,

Well, yesterday was a busy day for me. I went in to get chemo. But, when Dr. Rigberg got a look at my port sight he decided against it. I was looking pretty red under the bandage. It was not oozing or spreading redness to a larger area. But none the less it looked worse rather than better. I had been on the antibiotic for over 3 days and improvement should have been noticeable. He then sent me to the place it was put in to have it removed. This was more painful because the skin was so irritated this time. Even with all the numbing stuff they gave me it could still feel each stitch happening. But, it feels less worse having it out than it did having it in. Now the prayer is for it to just heal up and have no more infection problems. I stay on the antibiotic that I am on until it is finished. If it does puff up and ooze I need to let them know. It actually puffed up right away. By the time I got home it looked like the port was still in. So I called the Dr. He said, since it happened so fast we know that is from fluid not infection. If I gets worse than this I will know the other is happening.

I'm really sad to see it go. I really wanted it to work. It was used only once and it was great. It made the painful process just a little easier and quicker. But that was the point to make it less painful not more painful. I go back next Mon. for my next treatment. We will have to do things the old fashioned way. But we will just continue to battle onward. Thanks for praying.

Love to all, Peggy