Surgeries
A Biopsy and the Insertion of My Central Line
Dexter had two surgeries - lung biopsy and the insertion of his central line, in October 2012, which went to plan. Unfortunately, his recovery did not. Dexter was given pain relief, which he was allergic to and he stopped breathing. This was unexpected and Dexter needed to be resuscitated (twice in one day). This meant Dexter spent much longer than the predicted one night recovering in hospital.
Once he had recovered from surgery, his chemotherapy treatments began.
Once he had recovered from surgery, his chemotherapy treatments began.
Removing My Tumour
The surgery to remove my liver tumour took place at Randwick on Tuesday the 16th of October.
The surgeons cut out the right lobe of my liver, in order to get the muchly reduced tumour out. Surgery went for 5 and a half hours. It was a long, long day... especially because I was fasting all day again!
I spent my first six nights in the Childrens' Intensive Care Unit. I was connected to a range of cords, wires and medical pieces.
While the surgery went well (Thanks Dr Guy Henry!), my recovery was less routine. I was back on the feeding tube - which was stuck up my nose! for a week. I kept getting fevers and the doctors were unsure why! It was possible I may have had a contagious infection, or maybe some kind of fungus, so I was put in isolation for four nights. Once I was cleared, I went back into the ward for two more nights.
All together, I spent 11 days in hospital, recovering from his surgery.On Saturday, the 27th, my doctors told me I could go home and gave Mum and Dad a whole bunch of medication for me.
After I recovered from the surgery, my oncologists said I needed another couple of rounds of chemotherapy.
The surgeons cut out the right lobe of my liver, in order to get the muchly reduced tumour out. Surgery went for 5 and a half hours. It was a long, long day... especially because I was fasting all day again!
I spent my first six nights in the Childrens' Intensive Care Unit. I was connected to a range of cords, wires and medical pieces.
While the surgery went well (Thanks Dr Guy Henry!), my recovery was less routine. I was back on the feeding tube - which was stuck up my nose! for a week. I kept getting fevers and the doctors were unsure why! It was possible I may have had a contagious infection, or maybe some kind of fungus, so I was put in isolation for four nights. Once I was cleared, I went back into the ward for two more nights.
All together, I spent 11 days in hospital, recovering from his surgery.On Saturday, the 27th, my doctors told me I could go home and gave Mum and Dad a whole bunch of medication for me.
After I recovered from the surgery, my oncologists said I needed another couple of rounds of chemotherapy.
Removing My Central Line
I was scheduled to have my central line removed in February. A day after getting this call and the day before this final surgery was scheduled; I developed an infection in my central line. This resulted in an ambulance ride from our local hospital to Sydney. Instead of a simple day procedure, I had another four days in hospital, to overcome the infection.