Everything happens for a reason....

Well today I went to receive my first chemo session.  I arrived at the infusion center to a beautiful decorated room.  There was a cup with my name decorated with flowers, a cup with various snacks and grapes, a monkey that said hang in there on its shirt, and a hand made hat and blanket. Those that know me, know that I love little planned details to make the occasion special. I never realized being in the hospital could be so nice. The nurses were amazing and very kind.  I felt like I was on vacation!  I even had breakfast in bed.  Anyways, they accessed my port and I barely felt anything.  They did spray some medicine to numb the area first.  The port had a good blood return, which would indicate it was working.  The nurse began to run saline through it while waiting for the meds to come from the pharmacy.  A little while later she started the first med.  It was for nausea.  Ten minutes or so went by and I began to feel a little burning.  I reached up and felt around the port area and it felt like it was getting swollen.  I called the nurse and asked if this was normal.  She said no and decided to stop the infusion and call my doctor.  We waited a little while for the doctor to call and she said that I need to have a dye x-ray tomorrow and make sure the port is working properly before proceeding.  If the port is damaged, I guess that means another surgery to replace it.  If it is working properly I will probably resume chemo next week.  While I hope that another surgery is not required, I am thankful that the doctors are taking great precaution.  I am also thankful for a "trial run" which alleviated any fear of the unknown.  However, I have to say that I was in perfect peace today and credit that to my Lord Jesus for answering the prayers of my faithful family and friends.  So for now we wait and will see wait tomorrow brings.