Another Milestone.
One of the biggest worries for us when Lauren transferred over to adult CF services in Sheffield was about how we would get her Port flushed, we found ourselves in this position because Grimsby doesn't have any adult CF services. Lauren had always got it done at home by one of the children's community nurses from the local hospital in Grimsby.
Next Thursday will be another milestone in our journey living with CF. I will be performing my last supervised Port Flushing on Lauren, thanks to our brilliant Community Nurse who has taught me and above all else given me the confidence to stick a large needle into my daughter. It now means that we don't have to do a 150 mile round trip to the clinic in Sheffield for them to do the flush which takes about 10 minutes.
I must just add that of course none of this could happen without the cooperation of Lauren who was willing to let me do it. She has always been very good with needles right from an early age, even having Long Lines inserted without any numbing cream. I can remember one time when she was about 4 yrs old and we were in the treatment room waiting for the Doctor to put a line in, the nurse was getting a blanket ready to wrap Lauren up so she wouldn't wriggle while the procedure was happening, I told her that it wouldn't be necessary and she would be quite alright sat on my knee. Lauren sat very still and just watched the Doctor do his stuff without so much as a flinch, the nurse couldn't believe her eyes! She's one tough cookie our Lozzy.
I wonder what the next milestone will be?