Journal entry by Cristiana Di Menna —
Ending the year with a bang is my thing. I love NYE. We would always have a party and the midnight balloon drop became a ritual. This year everything was different, again. We are all celebrating seperately. Nothing crazy. But because there is always something to spice up my day, I needed a visit to the ER on December 31,2021.
The day before, I felt like the smaller incision on the 2 I had for the port install was very itchy. I then noticed a little bump on it. I assumed it was just healing. On the 31, when I woke up and looked, the full scar had a white bubble film over it. I sent my nurse friend a picture and she advised it looked infected. Oncology was closed, therefore ER it was. Luckily, I saw a dr within 2h. He drained it (quite a bit of puss he said), prescribed some antibiotics and off I went.
Happy New Year!
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