Sunday, April 26, 2009

port-a-cath

4/26/09

Jim got undressed and into the bed. found a vein to hook him up to the mild anesthetic, asked all the pertinent questions, and took him up to the "room" to put in the port. Now, after talking with those who have had a port inserted recently, I expected this to be a drive through procedure. jump out of the bus, run into E.R., get a shot of painkiller, pop the port in and head to Le Peep for our breakfast. Not quite.We have been here since 7 and they just took him up at 10.15. Said the procedure will take about 45 min, then an hour or 2 to be certain there are no problems with bleeding. The port has to be inserted on the left side since it was on the right last time, which is a little more difficult.

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