Feb 23 rd Port surgery

Wow talk about early ! I set my alarm for 5 am . Sister was picking me a up at 5:45 to take me to S.C.C.A. to have a port put in . The reason for the port is to save my veins and me some stress . It also makes it easier on the medical staff . Instead of try to find a vein they just feel the bump on my chest ( no not my boobs ! ) and they have a good vein for shots , blood draws , and I.V.'s . Ialso gibes me a sense of ease . I am not a big needle fan , even though I have been blessed with great nurses and I.V. therapy crews . Well I don't wake up to my alarm , I guess the pre-surgery chill pill was a little bit of a sedative . Whoops ! So I wake up when Karyn calls to tell me she is leaving her house . Eeeak ! I jump in the shower to wash the erea that is going to be operated on , the soup that I have to use smell awful ! But want to make sure I do my part to get things right . Luckily I had laid out my cloths the night before . ( I still have some brain power ! yeah ! ) I am ready and out the door in 10 minutes . I think that might be a personal best . Yes ! Sister and I get on the freeway and traffic was pretty smooth , Thank you car pool lane !
I get checked in and they have me changed in to scrubs and robes . I have a seat on one of the beds . The 2nd " chill pill " I had taken was starting to kick in . The guy who was explaining the proceedure to me was super nice and let sister sit there till I went in . I was the 1st customer of the day . The staff was all running around with coffee cups and chatting about their weekends . I like hearing that kinda stuff if they can talk about their personal life with each other it generally mean that they work well together .
I get wheeled in to the smalllest operating room I have everseen ! I have had hospital rooms larger than what they had to work with ! There was 5 of us in this little room . S.C.C.A is a learning hospital . So 2 of the people where students watching . One watching how a port is placed and another on how to do the Awake Sedation . I slept through almost all of it . I kinda scared the guys when I added my 2 cents to one of their conversations . They said I was baby snoring all the was through just about . so when I talked they wern;t sure if I was still sleeping or not . They finished me up and I got wheeled in to the recovery room for about 45min. I was given a long choice of snacks to have . I settled on gramcrackers and some applejuice . Sister and I sat there and chatted with the nurse for awhile then before I knew it I was discharged .
It was about 10am at this point my surgery took a little longer than expected . So sister had to drive kinda fast so I could make it to my radition treatment . I had been worried that the gauze from the port would get in the way of the plastic mask . It was no problem . Now that they are doing the spine it takes a little bit longer than before . I fall back asleep I think I still have some seditives in my system .
With a long morming of hospital stuff out of the way I welcome home . I grab what I call my chemo shall but others call a blanket and lay dowm on my couch . Paul came over to take care of me for the day . With the port in I needed 12 hours of supervision . It was nice to just relaxe with Paul . We went and grabed a bite at Wendy's Veitamese . Yummers ! Then came home and ended up taking a 2 hour nap !! I felt like a little kid almost I was all curled up next to him . Paul is a walking heater , I think he's natural temp is like 123 . He keeps me toasty . Dreams come quick and before I knew it I was off to sleep again . I am starting to enjoy sleeping again . For a bit there it was starting to feel like a chore . Now I welcome it . It helps heal all parts . I can actually feel the difference now when I take a nap and days that I don't . The way my body responds to it all is interesting . The human body is a pretty cool thing . If you get tha chance speaking of bodies and you don'y get grossed out to easily check out the Bodies exibit in seattle , It is truely amazing !