FOLFOX is given directly into the bloodstream through an intravenous line. It can be given through a thin, short tube (a cannula) put into a vein in the arm each time one has a treatment. It may also be given through a central line, a portacath, or a PICC line.
Left untreated, an inflamed appendix can burst. The infection can then spread throughout the abdominal cavity and into the bloodstream. The appendix hangs from the lower right side of the large intestine. If your husbandâs pain is predominantly on his left side, itâs probably not appendicitis.
Abdominal Pain. As mentioned, appendicitis pain is usually localized around your navel when it starts out, but as it intensifies, the pain center seems to migrate from your belly button to the lower abdomen on the right side of your body. This is where your appendix is located, and the pain is caused by the organ swelling up as the infection worsens.