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Getting a port was the best thing I did! Getting an IV started was beginning to be a real problem.The veins usually used became weakened. Very few IVs started and worked for the whole infusion. Either the vein could not be accessed of the vein would blow and we had to start over again.
I have only had one problem with the port. The end of the tube accumulated a small “flap”. This would not affect an infusion, only the push/pull to verify good vein access. The push worked fine but the pull would close the flap. That was easily corrected and it has been fine now for several years.
I recommend that if need infusions get a port right in the beginning.