Friday Jan 27th I had a port installed into my chest. The port will alleviate the need to put any needles into my wiggly veins. A couple people undergoing treatment at the chemo center told me they were so glad to have the port and wished they had done it sooner. The port allows me to take treatments, have blood drawn, receive meds, and it will be helpful during surgery.
The surgery itself went great. The PA performing the surgery, nurses and assistants were fabulous. I had local anesthesia so I was able to carry on some what of a conversation with them:-) When they had wheeled me into the OR, good ole' Hank Williams was singing a cryin' song so I asked if they took music requests. They let me choose contemporary Christian music to play during the procedure! I said, "I hope you are all blessed by this music!" Next thing I knew it was over.
Tim and I went to Costco after that. We had small group bible study that Friday night. We always look forward to Friday nights with our brothers and sisters in Christ. Tim conducts the study and our discussions are lively. We are currently studying Romans.
Gay brought a bagful of hand-knitted hats! What a blessing -- so many choices and all of them beautifully made by Gay! I sported my wig for the evening and got a kick out of swinging it around!! As the lidocaine wore off....ughhhhh...it was hard to smile and move my head. Smiling pulled at the central catheter in my neck vein. Needless to say it was painful. I had had 2 incisions in my right chest just below the collar bone. The catheter was threaded into my vein and attached to the 1"x1" Power Port sewn in between the chest wall and skin. The port is strange because it's like a 1/2" bump protruding under the skin. It was hard to sleep comfortably that night. Tears. So grateful for my wonderful husband Tim -- always praying for me and making sure I am comfortable.He helped me use the relaxation techniques Jennifer shared with us a couple weeks ago. Another blessing of a friend.
Saturday was a little better, but later that night we HAD to focus my attention on a movie--Jerusalem Countdown. Good movie. We had a surprise visitor (Hi Annie!) stop by and join us for the movie!! SO grateful for friends and family:-)
We often show David mommy's "booboos" and he has been so compassionate asking, "how are you?", "how do you feel?", "what's wrong mommy?" I will pray for you, "Dear Jesus heal mommy's hurts in Jesus' name!" David is another miracle story which I hope to tell. OH how we love him -- such a loving gift from his birth mom. We love her soooo much.
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