Day -4//Picc Line

I made it. Got my picc line in and I’d like to say it wasn’t as bad as I thought, but it was a very emotional day. Between the anxiety, the pain of the IV and picc line, the bone pain, and my hormonal emotions, today was down right exhausting. I shed lots of tears in the pre op room when they had a hard time finding a vein and then I cried in the operating room when I came to while they were still bandaging up the tubes and taping things to my neck and then I cried a lot in the recovery room. It was hard going through something like this without Dave by my side. Gaby and another nurse did an A+ job trying to take my mind off of everything but every time someone gave me a loving rub on my leg or arm or ran their fingers through my hair I just lost it again. So many emotions! I warned Gaby that I’ll be getting my period any day now so my emotions are about to go crazy.

After the picc line placement I was having a lot of pain in my neck so they let me stay and have some more pain meds through my IV before they took me to get an X-ray to make sure everything was in its place. Everything was good so I was cleared to go back to the apartment. I’m still in a lot of pain, but that is to be expected after doing something like this. 

After my evening shot of Filgrastim I plan on popping a sleeping pill and calling it a night. It was a long exhausting day and tomorrow has a lot planned! A doctor will come in the morning to do some more blood samples and if everything looks good, I will be off to the hospital to remove/harvest my stem cells. I might even get another round of chemo tomorrow after they collect all of my stem cells needed. 

Thank you for following along in this with me! Things are about to get crazy around here!! 

Much love to all my amigos!