Jan 19, Everything checked out!

"Just the Facts"-- Took it easy today, was able to drive in the afternoon, got the catheter checked out, and all looks good.  Training is over, ready for the race to begin!

So it turns out it was easier than originally thought to have a good night sleep with tubes hanging out of your chest.  At least that is what it looked like.  The science of all this is very interesting, although a bit gruesome.
Caution:  if you are a bit squeamish stop here and go on to the next paragraph!  So to insert the catheter into your chest, they first need to create a tunnel from a point near your collar bone on down to your mid chest to allow the tube to rest just under the skin.  It is a bigger tube than you would think.  So they use a tool? to make the tunnel, then insert the tube and the other end of the tube gets threaded over to a large vein next to your heart. The only part you see is the end of the tube at your mid chest that hangs out with 3 lumen's or ports that take in liquid.  Each lumen has a clamp to close it off.  They are amazingly durable, which I guess is really good, you only want to have this done once!  We got a clean bill of health on the catheter and are ready to move on to the next phase.  Hospital admittance here we come.

Well, we finally are now a fully flu vaccinated household.  Thanks to a dear friend who accompanied the last holdout and helped her through the ordeal. Love you M!  We are both excited and sad as we face this next step of our lives.  We are preparing for sending B off to the unknown in the hopes of the best outcome possible.  It is this hope that carries us each day along with the wonderful support of family and friends.  We are putting our trust in things we cannot see or understand but believe this is the path we should be taking.  We believe that these steps are being guided and that the outcome has already been determined by the Lord.  Up till now we are just dealing with all this, as matter of fact, as possible.  There has been a little tension, but most would not notice it.  I am sure we will all have our days, so if you bump into one of those, just be a little gentle with us.  Thank you again for all the prayers, we couldn't do this without them!
Until next time,
Hopeful Believer