Surgery to remove the port last night was successful. Val is awake this morning but “drugged to the gills” and feeling cruddy. No bleeding! Incision looks good. She is on the blood thinner Heparin. There are some risks with that, because of the cancer, but the risks must be taken Continue Reading
surgery
port is in
Just a quick note to say that Val’s port implantation surgery today went well. She’s groggy tonight and on pain meds, but she can take the dressings off in a couple days and we anticipate the port will be much less of an encumbrance than the PICC line. She’s bummed Continue Reading