Port Overhaul-waiting room

Here I am in my most favorite place of late, the hospital waiting room. They actually (no kidding) know my name by heart, they say "good morning Caledonia" -that's my real name-incase you didn't know that-Caledonia is how the hospital, doctors, any medical personnel know me! Donita is a nick name, I am the 6 or 7th Caledonia in our family. My grandmother went by Caledonia my Mom by Donia and I am Donita-little Donia in Spanish-I was born in Bolivia, South America. My 2nd cousin goes by Callie (I think I would have preferred that but my Mom didn't like Aunt Callie so it was a no go!) It means "old Scotland" so yes, I am somewhat Scottish. My first language was Spanish and of course English, I've lost a lot of the Spanish. I did well with it through high school growing up in El Paso, TX and then didn't need it much in College Station, TX or Dallas, TX but I'm happy to say that now I'm in South Florida I use it quite a bit and it's coming back!!! I have no Latin back ground, my parents are from the states. Ok, enough with the history lesson.

This is what happens when I have too much time in the waiting room! :) Although I was very excited when I got here and my favorite chair was empty waiting for me.

I'm urked I am even in the hospital waiting room. I didn't sleep well last night, but that's not surprising, they loaded me up with steroids yesterday. I would say I was restless and today I am a very rosy color. I feel mostly ok, I feel like I'm first trimester pregnant, a little queasy and shaky but I've already had some laughs this morning.

Poor Nick was like "am I going to be alone all day today too?" Mump boy isn't enjoying being sick and alone and quarantined to his room. Who knew he would ever tire of XBox?

Back to the port, I was thinking last night, that I am just the "2nd" patient. Most procedures I've ever had I've had to had "tweaked" again. Sometimes the machine just breaks and I have to do it twice. Why would this be any different? Usually it's just twice and I always cost them more. :) Isn't that evil that I have a sense of satisfaction that they have to pay for their mistake, that's definitely ECT, not sweet Caledonia! :)

I think they are going to open the top incision and run some dye through it. Yesterday at the end of my chemo the port finally opened up, but as the nurse explained to me, if the port is not in correctly and those chemicals were just floating around my body I'd have about an hour left on earth. Ok, let's fix the port and use my hand for chemo. They can't always use my hand because I have weak veins (found that out two years ago when my dura exploded) and they collapse easily. I drank lots of water this morning so my veins would cooperate. They can only use my left arm to do anything in because my right arm is missing some lymph nodes so they can't use that arm, ever. I drank water all day Monday and Tuesday morning for the vein thing and my veins were still difficult yesterday. Probably has something to do with my blood pressure averaging 96/68. Yesterday she got it in and the blood was taking it's sweet time flowing, she was getting so frustrated. This was in the lab where I donated 5-6 viles to my collection. I personally think my blood is very happy where it is and doesn't want to leave.

Dye and check it out. They will probably say, "we got blood immediately" go home, but I am going to make them really check it out, I don't want any chemo drugs "floating around" my body, that makes me very nervous.

More to come.........I'll stop babbling!