We play doctor on Monkey. This started in the hospital in an effort to educate Charlie on what was happening so that he might develop a comfort level at a quicker pace. This week Charlie and I started playing doctor on Monkey at home. We take his blood pressure by "huggin" his leg with the cuff. We look in his ears for his temperature and we give him medicine in a dropper in his mouth and sometimes Monkey drinks his meds like a big boy from his cup.
The picture above shows Monkey's "Tubies" and butterfly. We took an actual port access device from the clinic and snipped off the sharp needle end located under the grey plastic part. We super glued the butterfly to the bandage cuff so that we can practice accessing Monkey's port and giving him chemo through his tubie. This is what Charlie has attached to his port right now and what the Chemo is pushed through and blood is drawn from over the next 3 years. Normally the butterfly and tubies are added in the clinic or hospital and then removed before going home. This time Charlie came home with his tubies a first for us. Hopefully more doctor play with Monkey will help Charlie understand his tubies and not scream his head off when the nurses try to touch him or even look at him :)
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