Wednesday, April 12, 2017

Port Removal Surgery

April 10th Update:

Today Isaac had his port removed after having it for almost 2 whole years!  We did the surgery at Blanks Children's in Des Moines.  This made it way more convenient, although we missed some of the perks of being at Iowa. 

Isaac first got his port accessed by his favorite nurse, Morgan.  Although it seems kind of strange to access his port when the goal of surgery was to remove it, it just made it more "normal" for him.  Then after he fell asleep they would de-access him and start another IV for the actual surgery.  Well apparently everyone does things a bit different.  We are use to being at Iowa where Isaac would fall asleep nice and slow over a few minutes, he would talk to us, become a bit loopy and then eventually just fall asleep.  This time however, they gave him the medicine and he just went limp in about 2 seconds.  His tongue rolled in the back of his mouth and they had to hold his head just right in order to keep him breathing. Nick and I were definitely not expecting this and it gave us quite a scare.   

The procedure took about 45 minutes and everything went well.  Isaac has to take it easy for a few days which has been challenging but overall we are thrilled for him. 

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