Today at the preoperative appointment

Evan had his preoperative appointment today.  It was basically a discussion on how the port is placed and what are the potential complications.  The complications include infection and potential lung collapse when the catheter is inserted into the vein as it is close to the lung.  Infection is a real issue as the chemo will destroy his immune system so we will have to be vigilant.
His port placement is tomorrow as a surgical outpatient.  He is due to check in at 6:00 AM Eastern and actual surgery is scheduled for 7:30 AM.  The procedure takes about 1 hour and some recovery time before he can go home.

The consents for the chemo will be signed tomorrow with the oncologist and first treatment will be December 26, 2013.  I will post tomorrow on how well the port placement went.