Hello! Well, the port was successfully placed yesterday. She did a great job and did not have to get pokes like she was worried about. They were able to start her IV in the OR after they took her back. They gave her a little "happy juice" by mouth first. Oh my.....was that ever funny. She was a crack up!!! She just kept giggling and doing all these weird things with her mouth. Then asking us what was so funny, and laughing some more. I was in tears at one point. She didn't even care that I couldn't go all the way back with her, which I am pretty sure was the point.
There were a few "hiccups" as Matthew called them. When they tried to place it on the left side they ran into a dead end vein that is supposed to have closed up and gone away by now (at her age). So they had to place it on the right side and in order to do that they did have to make an incision in her jugular vein. So, she now has two incisions....one in her jugular and one below her right collar bone. They say that is not uncommon and everything will be okay. She will just have two scars instead of one. They also informed us of an umbilical hernia...much to our surprise. I had no idea!!! I just thought she had a little outtie!! He said it is not very big so they will repair it when they take out her port. Which will be in a couple of years. Overall everything went pretty good.
Then last night about 9 she felt a little warm to touch. I took her temp. and it was 100.0. No big deal for any of us but for her it can be a huge deal. Well, half an hour later her temp was 100.8 and an hour later we were on our way into the ER here in Bakersfield. With the pic line issue, and her just having surgery there was a reason to be concerned. The doctor that was on call down at UCLA told us we should go in and at least get her "levels" checked. If her levels were low than she would have to be admitted to the hospital and treated with antibiotics. If her levels were okay than we would be able to come home. Six hours later we were able to come home. Her levels were good and her fever had gone away by then. Needless to say, we are all a little tired today! Time for a nap so I will write again later! Love to all!!!
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Oh my goodness, I did not know that! You all looked great today despite any sleep deprivation you may have had. Please call if you need one of us to run over to watch over Logan and Adam if this happens again. Ellia was actually up a bunch of times last nast so needless to say, so were we!
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