May 26 - Something's Moving!
Over the weekend, the tube from Colleen's pot-a-catheter started flipping back and forth under her skin when she moved her neck. She met with her surgeon this morning, and he ordered a chest x-ray, The results showed that the catheter is in a good position with plenty of tubing still in her heart, but has come out enough to cause a loop where it enters her jugular.
At this point, it isn't a problem because there aren't any crimps that will cause a flow issue when she gets her chemotherapy infusion next week. She will need to return to the surgeon if she gets any swelling, or if the loop in the tubing gets bigger. The surgeon wants to make sure that it doesn't slip out of her heart. In the unlikelihood of that happening, it's an easy fix with a port revision surgery. Colleen doesn't feel worried about it, it’s just kind of irritating, and more of a , “Really? One more thing…”
Well that doesn’t seem right…
Now for something nicer:
