So we had a very quiet day yesterday. A long sleep in, followed by changing the needle in Hannah's port. Nikki has been stressing about doing this for several weeks - the needle is 1 1/4 inches long and goes into the port above Hannah's heart - and the window to put the needle through is only 4mm wide- the whole process is complicated by Hannah's generous chest, which makes it very hard to get the needle in the right place - but we had success!!
The blood in the syringe means that the needle is in the right place - we used surgical gloves (sterile) with a sterile drape and sterilised Hannah's chest before we started. A long complicated process, but it means she can come away on holidays, so it is worth it!!!
Celebrating the needle insertion with a small glass of wine! (and putting all the medical supplies away).
When we opened up the medical supplies we brought across from the hospital in Canberra we discovered that we didn't have the bung that needs to go on the end of the needle tubing. This meant we got to drive in to the Rotorua Hospital and ask for some bungs - we were REALLY very pleasantly surprised when handed us 4 bungs at the reception desk - we had expected to be here for hours waiting. We've never had such a quick visit to a hospital before.
To celebrate we had a late lunch at Fat Dog - the food was nice and the servings were HUGE (we had leftovers for dinner).
We are using our holiday time to catch up on some things we didn't get a chance to do back home - so both the girls got hair cuts.
The blood in the syringe means that the needle is in the right place - we used surgical gloves (sterile) with a sterile drape and sterilised Hannah's chest before we started. A long complicated process, but it means she can come away on holidays, so it is worth it!!!
Celebrating the needle insertion with a small glass of wine! (and putting all the medical supplies away).
When we opened up the medical supplies we brought across from the hospital in Canberra we discovered that we didn't have the bung that needs to go on the end of the needle tubing. This meant we got to drive in to the Rotorua Hospital and ask for some bungs - we were REALLY very pleasantly surprised when handed us 4 bungs at the reception desk - we had expected to be here for hours waiting. We've never had such a quick visit to a hospital before.
To celebrate we had a late lunch at Fat Dog - the food was nice and the servings were HUGE (we had leftovers for dinner).
We are using our holiday time to catch up on some things we didn't get a chance to do back home - so both the girls got hair cuts.
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