Today they placed the Port-A-Cath in Alisha at 3:30 p.m. The procedure took one hour. Because of her having to have this done Alisha went 18 hours of no food and water even though steroids were given to enhance her appetite.
The Port-A-Cath is inserted just under the skin in the upper left side of the chest. The tube is then inserted in to the aorta. This allows the medical staff to draw blood, give meds, etc from one area. While in the hospital Alisha will no longer be poked for samples as all of it will be done from her current I.V. lines.
Alisha's pain started to subside today due to Thursday's chemo.
This evening she received a full scale chemo treatment.
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