Brayden's Journey: First fill at home, DONE!

Tonight we did Brayden's 2nd fill. He had his 1st fill on Monday in the doctor office in Chicago. So tonight was our 1st fill that we did on our own. It's always easier when you have 3 people to help. So luckily our neighbor, Noel that we are good friends with came over to help us. Before we started the fill, we had to put lidocaine on for an hour on his ports. That numbs the skin and when Geoffrey sticks it with the needle, Brayden won't feel a thing....well that was what was suppose to happen tonight :(

Geoffrey was the one that got all the supplies ready and Noel and I held and distracted him. First Geoffrey did Brayden's left side, he had no problems....once he stuck him with the needle, Brayden didn't even move! He was busy eating and did a great job. We got 90 cc's of saline in and now the left side is up to 200 already. Which is great considering we still have 8 fills left.

Next it was time for the right side, this didn't go as well as the left side. As soon as Geoffrey stuck him with the needle, he moved forward and started to cry. Oh no, this isn't good. This means that for some reason it didn't numb correctly. This was very hard on all of us, and he even started bleeding where he was stuck. So Geoffrey got the needle in and Bryaden was not a happy little guy. Think this was just as hard on us, as it was for Brayden. Hearing your chid cry when they are in pain, is the worst feeling. Tried feeding him a bottle to make him feel better, but tears where pouring down. Half way through, he stopped crying and was playing with his toys. We ended up getting 90 cc's of saline in on that side, now it's up to 230!

After the fills were done, Brayden got 2 car band-aids and he was a happy little guy again. He finished his bottle and Geoffrey enjoyed a much needed beer! I was all out of wine, so next week, I will have to get some. Now we hope that next week this doesn't happen again with the port not being numb.

Brayden also wanted a drink of daddy's beer