October 3, 2023: My most recent blood test (early today) determined that I (still) have a staph infection in my blood, so, this afternoon, my PICC line in my left arm needed to be replaced with a PowerGlide midline, which is shorter than a PICC line. When an infection is discovered in the blood, the line needs to be changed because bacteria can collect at the end of the line and cause problems.
I need to finish my six-week-long regimen of twice daily intravenous antibiotic for the infection initially in my blood, which I thought was cured, and (possibly) in one of two fractures in my right ankle, and more recently, an infection in a disk in my lower spine and osteomyelitis (bone infection) in the surrounding bone. I think I am about five weeks into my regimen, but my regimen may have changed due to my current condition. My nurse just told me that as of today, I am receiving a second "antibiotic" which binds itself to bacteria in the blood.
I had surgery to remove/clean out the spinal infection on September 2, 2023. I am back in the hospital as of yesterday, tentatively scheduled for similar surgery on October 6, 2023.
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