Not the Day We Had Planned

The past couple days Junior's new port has looked irritated and the line was looking quite pronounced.  No signs of infection but it just didn't look right.  I contacted the surgeon  and she looked at a picture and told us to use some cream and keep her updated.  This morning when I checked it I noticed a little blood on the gauze covering the port.  Closer inspection showed the edge of the port and line was literally coming through the skin in one spot.  A call to the surgeon with a photo and we were told to bring him on in.  She took a look and they headed to the OR to fix it.  They had to remove the main part of the port and put in a new slightly smaller one.  So thankful that this time there were no complications and within a few hours we were on our way home.  The surgeon said in her many years and hundreds of port placements she has never ever seen anything like this. It appeared that the skin just continued to pull tighter across the port until it gave way, possibly the port itself was for some reason pushing up on the skin.  Junior is a pro at throwing those curve balls.

Yonder waiting patiently while is boy was in surgery.  He was so excited when he saw Junior ready to go home afterwards. 

 So very thankful and blessed to have this brave guy recovering at home this time.  He is dealing with some pain but after a little help with that has been able to rest comfortably.  Please pray for minimal pain and a smooth recovery with no more bumps.