Still Here At Hospital

March 11, 2023, Delray Medical Center

After waiting more than SEVEN HOURS in the main Emergency Room of Delray Medical Center and in an examination room there, my wife and I were just informed that I will be remaining at the hospital overnight. In the morning, a radiology team will either fix the midline in my upper right arm (probably not) or install a new midline or PICC line (probably). Actually, my malfunctioning line is a PICC line cut in half to the length of a midline. Why was it done like that? No clue.

My current midline is leaking. I was here on February 28, 2024, to have it fixed, but it is still not functioning properly because it is within a small vein. That's when the doctor told me that the vein was causing some of the liquid antibiotics to back up and flow out of my arm, so I needed to administer the infusions much slower. That was NOT the remedy. The line also has two ports, which can cause problems.

I am in the midst, but toward the end, of a six-week-long, daily regimen of intravenous antibiotics (three bags every day) for infections within my right ankle bone and under the surrounding skin.

Delray Medical Center is a trauma hospital, so I basically got bumped down the triage list. I have been placed at the top of the list for tomorrow morning's procedure.