Friday, August 9th 2013 was a big day in our house! It was Khloe's oldest brother's (Kahne) first day of 4th grade as well as Khloe's first fill on her tissue expander. I am not sure which one I was more nervous for, lol!
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Big Bro Kahne who was not excited about having his picture taken
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After we got Kahne off to school, My mom (Nana) and I headed to Nashville for Khloe's fill. I was a little nervous about what the fill would entail but I was also excited to take the next step in this process. We were given a prescription for numbing cream that we were instructed to put on her port an hour before her appointment. Just like we over due everything else, applying the numbing cream was no exception. Not only did we apply a ton an hour before her appointment, we applied more about 30 minutes later, and then again in the waiting room of the office.
Once they took us back, Dr. Chester checked Khloe's stitches out and got everything ready for the fill. I had absolutely no clue what to expect. We got Khloe's toy out to distract her and Dr. Chester put the needle in her port and began to fill. Khloe did not even know she had put the needle in! She was completely oblivious to the fact they were injecting anything in to her head. Dr. Chester was able to get 20 ccs in her 100 cc expander to give her a total of 25ccs. She did great and only seemed a little uncomfortable when Dr. Chester was almost done with the fill. I would have to think she could feel that going into the expander. It has to be a little weird! The entire fill only took about 2 minutes and was way easier than I had expected! This was such a relief for us! She goes back this week for her second fill. If everything goes well, she should be scheduled for removal surgery the first week in October.
Thank you all so much for your love and support!
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| About an hour after her first fill. Really impressed by the guy making balloon animals |
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| Miss Khloe is 7 months old! |
