Well,
I am sitting in the recovery room with a sleeping post-op Candace and I can report that all went well with the angioplasty. We need to stay in the recovery room for THREE HOURS to make sure she is ok even though she feels fine as they did not use any anesthesia for the procedure. So.... Candace is catching up on some well deserved rest and I am playing on the hospital's wifi network. It looks like she will be on blood thinners for the rest of the time she has her port in just to make sure this doesn't happen again but that is a small price to pay for the convenience of keeping it. Candace has (as her surgeon calls them) "crappy " veins. Every time they try to do a regular IV it takes many attempts and several nurses to get it in so the port really needs to stay. Candace is "back on top" after this little set back. Of course tomorrow is chemo day so there will be a few days of yuck but she hopes to feel fine for the holidays. Candace sister and brother in law will be arriving friday night and the whole family will be together until Christmas. Good fun.
Candace will try to post tonight if she feels up to it so stay tuned for the whole story.
Be well,
Dennis
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
2 comments:
Whew!!! Glad all went well...been thinking about you guys all morning! Candace...you went over the "bump" with flying colors! This will be a great Christmas...a clean PET and a happy port! :)
An angioplasty SANS anesthetic!?! Wow, what a trooper! I can't wait to hear how the surgery went. Mom said she told you it was a "piece of cake."
So, does she still have to do the shots or can she switch to blood thinner pills now??
Thanks for the update Dennis!!!
Post a Comment