Central Line

We got to sleep in a little bit this morning which was good for Bridger because he was NPO(no food or water) until after his surgery. Even with the sleep he was a little cranky, I think he was nervous about the day. We said a prayer together and we both felt better and he calmed down. It is amazing what the spirit can do for us. He got to play Video games and watch cartoons while we cheeked in and did paper work talked to the surgeon, the anesthesiologist, and the Dr. from the BMT team who did the bone marrow harvesting, and last but not least the insurance to make sure all of the above were covered and in network. Everything went great Bridger had a little trouble keeping his oxygen level up, mostly due to pain. They where concerned that maybe the central line had punctured his lung. But we didn't find this out until after the x-ray had been read. After he finished telling the nurses all about his dog Chester and his shock collar we have to control his barking he settled in for a short nap. When he looked good they sent us out the door it was about 5:30. Bridger has been doing great the rest of the night. We played with his little people and he has walked and bent down and is moving great. He hasn't complained or acted like he is having pain at all. He keeps looking at his Central line because it come out in the center of his chest his first expression of it was "this is cool" in a questioning tone of voice. I told him it was kind of like Ironman, we'll call you Bridgerman. He is so tough I can't believe it.
Hospital "jamies"


They start up by the colorbone to and end in the middle of the chest he has two ports, one for the meds and one to draw blood. Horay no more pokes!

This is were they drew the bone marrow from. The Dr. said he will only have two punctrer sites on the sikin but if you could see the hip bones you would see many.