We are on the downstretch for Manny's cancer treatment but not without events.
He was scheduled to obtain his chest port for the intravenous chemo; however, his tooth/face began swelling. We had a chemo doc appt on Monday, June 10 so he reviewed his symptoms and sent him straight to the OHSU ER. They hooked him up to strong antibiotics and scheduled him for surgery the next day.
On Tuesday surgery went well and they cleaned out the abcess infection, which had blown out to his mandible and neck. The team removed his ventilator and were wheeling him to the recovery room when the doctor saw he was struggling to breathe and was turning white. His tongue had swollen out of his mouth and they were unable to get an oxygen tube in so they were forced to perform a tracheotomy!
He ended up in the hospital to Saturday recovering. He was unable to talk until Friday (which is his favorite hobby!)
The next two weeks involved Manny recovering from the crises with me changing out his trache bandage each day.
He was finally able to get the port surgically placed on the 28th and began the intravenous chemo on July 1st. We were expecting him to experience nausea but surprisingly that has not happened. He has been doing exceedingly well during all of these treatments.
July 4th we hung out at home but the neighbors were shooting off a variety of fireworks so we didn't miss much.
On to my crafts!
Tassels made from salt and pepper shakers.
Last but not least - summer has arrived! Was in the 90's this last weekend and will continue this week with 99 on Monday and Tuesday! Blessed to have air conditioning!
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