Kevin had a port implanted in his chest today for IV access for the chemotherapy treatment. He had a rough time recovering from the outpatient surgery. The sedation bothered him, the surgical area hurts and he's generally bothered by the entire thing.
It certainly makes the looming beginning of chemotherapy a reality that is now hard to ignore.
The implant is called a Bard Power Port which is the latest and greatest in the port world. It's supposed to be able to stay in "for years" as the oncologist put it--she suggested he might be leaving it in for the next five years. I saw the look on his face and I don't think that's going to happen.
In any case, the name--Power Port--sounds sort of SuperHero-ish which is appropriate.
Kevin has certainly been something of a SuperMan through all of this so far.
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