Glad This Week Is Over

Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.
~ John Wayne, Actor

I'm feeling much more positive and energized today, and that makes both Mark and I very happy. Today started out much better than yesterday, even though most of it was to be spent at Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital to get my Bard Power Port. Whoopie!!! (To see my previous entry with more details on the Port, scroll down or look at this previous post.)

It was a long day, leaving the house at 10am and returning after 4pm, but I am just so relieved the week is behind me!!! All the nurses were fantastic, cheery, upbeat, polite (my goodness the cardiac "waiting room" is a bustling place at 10am on a Friday morning at Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital); AND my tuna sandwich as I was in recovery was darn good. Not to mention my sweetie Mark was there with me and sis Nance stopped by with us while we were waiting and prepping for the procedure. Things went pretty well.

Other than the drama of my veins hiding out from the RN and after 2 sticks she needing to call for an ultrasound assist for my IV (I didn't know they could do that), I now am the proud owner/recipient of the Bard Power Port. Is that like a Power Ranger or something? I mean they can infuse me, transfuse me, draw blood, and so many other things with this new gadget implanted under my skin on my right chest. I wonder if I can hook my new juicer up to it? :-) Oh silly me. I will want to taste the yummy drinks I'm going to create.

By the way, my veins are known for hiding out when a nurse approaches with a needle. It has been that way most of my life. That, compounded with my fasting for tests the day before and over night for the Port, it was a logistical reason that the nurse had difficulty with my IV.

We are now home, the port is in place, and I'm resting while Mark does chores.  There is some minor discomfort, but nothing that an Ibuprofen can't ease. 

After a week of one test after another, I was exhausted mentally, and worried to no end. Now I am just happy the week is over and not to be traveling to any hospital or doctor office for the next couple of days. 

Hugs, Debbie... aka the cancer warrior, soon to be survivor!

The PowerPort* device is a new kind of implantable port for  IV therapy treatments. It offers the unique ability to provide access for power-injected Contrast-Enhanced Computer Tomography (CECT) scans. Power-injected CECT scans produce superior images of the body to help the medical team better manage care. With a PowerPort* Implantable Port, I'll be able to receive IV therapy and CECT scans without having to undergo repeated needle-sticks in my arm or wrist veins. 

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