September 29th was a 3rd surgery

I had developed an infection in/on my right breast underneath. I was admitted to the hospital on Wednesday Sept 16th and was there for 6 days. I had gone in for a regular appointment with the plastic surgeon, but o was in horrible pain again in the right side so the nurser looked at me and immediately got the rotor. Doc sent me down for an delta sound to look for infection,   And while I was gettin that done, her nurse called me with a direct admitt room on the 8th floor. An infectious disease doctor was called in. Through tests and exams the two doctors determined that this red skin, puffy, hot and painful patch on my breast was Cellulitis. I was on drip antibiotics and Saturday they switched me to oral ciprofoxin, but kept one drip. They wanted to send me home but they had problems accessing my port so I could get home. X-ray showed the fluids spilling into the soft tissue instead of the vein attached to the port. After mumeroud sticks, they finally stopped and doctor said I'd be stayingi until Monday and maybe surgery to fix or replace port. Meantime I had the BEST nursing staff . 

So Monday rolls around and the Breast surgeon shows and tries again to access my port and she did Get it working! A fluoroscopy was done to confirm it was fine! Home bound I was! Thanks to all the family and friends who visited Sunday .. I even had a pizza party to help keep that hospital food! I did have to do home infusions this home time. Pretty easy going there. I infuse my antibiotic myself and a home health care nurse comes every 5 days to change my port line. After having gone theough 9 years of fertility treatments, I  totally comfortable doing these myself. 

I went back Monday to the Plastic Surgeon and she said I needed surgery right away because the infection was not getting better, was angrier actually. So yesterday I got to same day surgery and had surgery. The right breast muscle had partly died. I had requested the expander be taken out. 

Chemo update and 2 days post

Well, Friday the 4th was my first appointment to do my labs, see the oncologist and her chemo coordinator and then get hooked up for chemo. This all started 12:20 pm ... Lab accidentally missed me on their list , but luckily after a nice lab tech got me taken care of I was on my way to meeting the doc. We didn't get sent over to the treatment infusion  center until almost 3. The staff at St. Luke's is just wonderful! The nice nurse, Bonnie, hooked me up with the IV and got some nausea meds, steroids and then later the red devil adriamyacin and the cytoxin chemo drugs pushed in. In my honest opinion I felt good through it all. T.M.I..... I was warned my urine would change to red after and let me tell you it did! LoL I went potty just as we left and it was very visible. That is the Red Devil chemo. 

We came home around 5:30-6 pm and I relaxed and lounged in the recliner the rest of the evening. 

Julia came home Saturday .. Thanks to their Aunts, Uncles and cousins for taking great care of her . 

Forward to yesterday I did sleep ok, but steroids had my body a little jittery. A little nausea, but thankfully the meds nipped that quickly. Thanks to my hubby, Jeff for taking care of us too! 

Today I have not been able to sleep, I wonder why... Steroids! 

Oh, before I forget... They attached a self injecting patch on my belly for a neulasta shot that injected successfully last night. That shot helps my bone marrow and keeps my white blood cell counts up so I can stay strong for the chemo. I should expect some body aches in the next 3-5 days. Hair loss 7 days or so out. Becoming more tired each day. So I plan on spending as much time resting.