My mask is ready. I have finished the sniff test and picked chocolate, and I got to put lots of stickers on.
I’m almost ready to go back for port placement and bone marrow biopsy.
Biopsy
When I got into the building to get my biopsy we went into the waiting room and stayed there watching Princess Sofia the first. Then we were called in and a person got my vitals and took us to my room. Then a lot of people came in. One of them was a Child Life… Continue reading Biopsy
pet cat
aka PET/CT scan The machine will look like a donut. Mine has been ordered for Monday. I get to go to the adult side of the hospital for the scan because there is only one machine at the hospital that does this scan, and it’s over there. I need the pet cat scan to see… Continue reading pet cat
Child life specialist
A couple cool things about a child life specialist is : You can watch something on their phone (this really helped when I was getting blood drawn for my first labs) You can listen to music on their phone They can attach a light disco ball to their phone and make disco lights appear on… Continue reading Child life specialist
Sam
It was so cool to meet Sam the doll! He has a port. I got to stick the needle like the nurse will. The port is a white semi circle under the skin. And, that is how the chemotherapy will get into me, through a port like Sam has. One cool thing about Sam was… Continue reading Sam
One day…
Every good story has a background. This is Joanna’s story of The Lump.