Port Procedure Date

Levi will be getting his port put in next Wednesday morning, the 11th. He will only have to be partially sedated and it's an outpatient procedure. He decided to go with a port that is competely under the skin. The downside to this type is he will have to get poked with a needle every time. Whereas the other option has a central line coming out that they can just hook into like an I.V. everytime he needs treatment or blood drawn, but then you have the tubes sticking out of the skin and I'm sure that would start to bug after a bit. He also would have to be more careful when he excercised (if he feels up to it) and keeping it clean. Chemo will start shortly after that, however we still do not know the date. Wish the date was a little sooner, but oh well...

His port will look something like this and it will be competely under the skin.