Today we were scheduled for Jaycee to get her port placed so that she could start her chemo treatments. She was also scheduled for an extensive hearing test and a Echo cardiogram. Some of the medications she will be receiving have a high possibility of causing hearing damage and possibly heart problems so they will be monitoring that closely throughout this process. As we arrived to same day surgery at Primary Children's we were both a little nervous and didn't know what to expect. We were placed in a room and had Jaycee all prepped and ready for the procedure and then we were told by the Nurse that the surgeon was 2 hours behind schedule and that we would have to wait. I think this made it harder and made us more anxious because we were just wanting this to be all done.
Me and Jaycee playing trying to pass the time!
After holding Jaycee in my arms and walking the floor with her for two extra hours the anesthesiologist finally came in and told us it was our turn. I don't think he had any idea how hard it was to keep a fasting 3 month old baby happy when she hasn't eaten for 5 hours. It was a relief but nerve racking! He told us that the port placement and the other tests they were going to do would take around 3 hours. The whole time through all of this Jaycee was calm and just happy to be there. She had no idea what was going to happen to her and that is what was hardest for me.
Sitting and waiting for our baby to be done with surgery.
After 3 long hours we finally got word that she was in recovery and that Angie was allowed to go back to be by her bedside as she woke up. It was hard to see her in these conditions and just lay there with the look on her face of "what is going on with me?" This is when I could see in her face the feelings of pain and sickness.
(Just waking up from surgery for her port)
Even though she was in pain she still had stories to tell us and a smiled from ear to ear as we walked by her bedside up to the floor where she would be spending the next few days. I wished I could be half of happy as she always is!
After getting to our room she grabbed my finger and would not let go until she fell asleep. You could tell she was scared and didn't know what was going on.
By the time all these test were done it was too late to begin chemo so we were able to rest up and get ready to start it the next morning. It was a long night laying and wondering what the next day would bring!
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