Ever hear the saying “God only gives you what you can handle?” I’m starting to think he is overestimating my strength. I had my mediport put in last Monday. I had it taken out today. Not only was it already infected (through no fault of my own, just my body rejecting it) it was also defective. I went to have chemo and it backed up, so the nurses flushed it with heparin and saline thinking maybe it was just a clot, um, no, still didn’t work. So they are going to run tests on it now that it is out and see if it was a manufacturer issue or what happened. Ya, so I’m back on IV pokes until further notice 
Now in order to fix the infection over taking the small section of my chest where the port was located, I had to have the port removed and then they put a small “spongy gauze” that was soaked in antibiotic solution into the incision spot and left it there. Open. I’m now walking around with an open, semi draining wound on my chest, it’s great let me tell you. They covered the spongy thing with a rolled up gauze ball and then some waterproof sealant and stuff but it’s still not stitched or anything and I pretty much can’t wait until that gets fixed on Tuesday.
Tomorrow is a Methotrexate day. Mega hooah (sarcastically). Night everyone, gonna go try and find a comfortable way to sleep with this ball on my chest. Did I mention I’m not allowed to sleep on my stomach, only sitting up or on my back. Guess how I prefer to sleep…ya, stomach, I know…
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