Guest guest Posted April 19, 2009 Report Share Posted April 19, 2009 I know this is obvious, but I should have mentioned that not all things work for all people. Patients with the same diagnosis could very well have different needs. The decision regarding access is definitely something that you need to discuss with your physician and should be decided on a case by case basis. If the patient doesn't have much trouble with IV's then there probably isn't much of a need for a permanent access device. I also feel that the placement of the port is something that should be done by an experienced physician. Conner's surgeon didn't stitch his down properly and it moved a lot in the beginning until scar tissue built up around it to hold it in place. The problem with this is that the nurses would miss the port in the beginning when they tried to access, which was not fun. Lastly, Conner doesn't have any physical restrictions with his port. He played soccer with it one year, but he's not a real athletic kid, so hasn't done much since (other than rock wall climbing!). We were told that we could put a pad over the port when he was doing physical activity because getting hit in a titanium port doesn't feel so good. The only time he was limited was when he had his port accessed for daily IV antibiotics. Hope this helps! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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