A darling baby fist or a parasitic alien?

Getting ready for chemo with a port

Imagine a tiny baby fist. It is so sweet and soft with its little thumb tucked up into a nice bumpy round of snuggles and hope. You could just put it in your mouth, couldn't you?

Now imagine that tiny baby fist pushing from inside your upper chest, trying to get out like an alien or a giant parasite. The skin stretches over it so you can see the tiny knu…