Port day
Your team uses the little door under your skin to give medicine or take blood.
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Numbing cream
A cold cream goes on the skin over your port, with a sticker on top. It makes the spot sleepy so you feel less.
Put on about an hour before
You can ask for
- "Can I hold someone's hand?"
- "Can you count down before the pinch?"
- "Can I look away, or can I watch?"
- "Can I blow bubbles or squeeze something?"
Awaiting clinical review · Pending paediatric play-specialist review