What’s That Noise?
My minor surgery to have a Porta-Catheter placed below my collarbone happened today. This small valve is surgically inserted under the skin as a port to administer Chemo treatments. As I lay on my hospital gurney having an IV placed in the arm, we hear a loud hammering sound down the hallway. Without missing a beat the nurse states, “Oh, I can hear they are putting in the Porta-Cath in the patient just before you. You’ll have to wait a little while for them to clean up the mess.” She grins without looking up as she sticks the needle in my arm.