Surgery

The morning of day one, Presley was taken into surgery for three procedures. The first item was the Power Port being placed in her chest. This will be so nice to have, so she won't have to be "poked" again. In the past three days, she has had more pokes than I can count! It is too sad!

This is a picture of an actual port. It is completely underneath the skin. They use a numbing cream on the skin to access (poke) it each week. Because the skin is numb, this doesn't cause any pain. They can draw blood from it, as well as,  administer meds/fluids through it when accessed. You can feel the "bump" of it under her skin if you touch her chest... Not that she'll let you! :) 

The second item to be done, was a Lumbar Puncture. During this procedure they inject her first dose of chemo right into her spinal fluid.  The last item was a bone marrow aspirate to check for leukemia cells in her bone marrow. Surgery went well. The hardest part was leaving her crying in the doctors arms. Daddy was in her arms when she woke up, and luckily she came out of surgery well.

Sweet girl post-op

Shes a quick learner, it didn't take her long to figure out that if you stick your finger in the oxygen mask,  it will make "tooting sounds". The nurse said they all figure this one out eventually! This provided the day's entertainment. Silly girl! We will take the smiles and laughs!

"Toot toot"