It's the evening following today's chemo.
Something weird happened at the very end, after I signed off.
Nurse Shannon pulled the needle out and put a bandaid on, as per what has happened the other 9 times I've had my port accessed.
And then I felt. . .
Wait.
Laura, sister #1 with weak stomach, stop reading this.
And then I felt wet all over my side, under my armpit. I was gushing blood!
Nurse Shannon said, "Oh my! Oh my!" And went off to get gauze. I used the tissue next to my chair to mop up.
Then I bled through the massive patch of gauze she applied.
Then I stopped bleeding.
Yucky!
Maybe it was the sight of that, and the sensation of it. . .but when I got home, my head was spinning and I just felt wrecked. Normally, Bryan goes to work for the afternoon and I hold down the for with the kids until dinner time.
But today, he couldn't go in. I went straight to bed and fell asleep immediately.
I felt a little better after waking up a few hours later. Had soup for dinner. Read to the kids. Joshua fell asleep at my side and Bryan carried him to bed. Then Bryan took Gemma to her tumbling class and I'm just killing time until about 8 PM when I go to sleep and expect to sleep through the night.
I am still persevering with my plan to GET OUT this week. It worked very well to do this with Laura last round, and so I've set up dates with my friends. Easy going outings. Not climbing mountains or anything.
Of course, I shall keep you posted.
UPDATE:
The nurse DID say, "Hmm, sometimes this happens. . ."
But she seemed pretty mystefied. Do you know what I think happened? The other 9 times, the nurse used a patch of gauze and pressed hard for about 15 seconds and then put the tape over it.
This time--remember, she was a new nurse--slapped a bandaid on it right away and called it done.
So next time, I'll ask for a patch of gauze and I'll press on it myself.
One more thing: I got all the appt. times for the rest of the chemo/weekly Herceptin. Something about having that written down and going about lining up the childcare for it makes me feel like I'm now coasting downhill. :-)
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WOW, did they tell you why it happened? I would want a reason since the other nine accesses went smoothly. Did they even say, "This happens sometimes?" I mean, for the nurse to react, "Oh, my, oh, my!" I would think this is not a "sometimes happening!"
Of course, this is MOM doing all the worrying! Love you!
Amy - I only pass out when they take the blood from me...although I probably would have started screaming if I saw you gushing blood.
Hope you feel better today
Hey- hope all is better today. Cute picture of you and the kids - that Gemma is so cute, and does Joshua have some of your dad in him? Take care of yourself, and by the way, what did anyone suggest would help the rbc's if not for the red meat? And one more thing, my question about the meat thing is really from a choosing perspective - how do you pick red meat? Color? Texture? But that is an entirely different blog entry I am sure. Here is some water! Love, Sarah
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